Study Guide for Unit 1
1.
Look at your essential questions at the beginning of the unit, can you answer them?
Essential Questions
What are the branches of earth science and what does each branch study or do?
What are the six steps of the scientific method, how does each step help solve a problem or find an answer, and why is it useful to scientist?
What is a model, how are they useful to scientists?
What is the metric system (SI), and what are the benefits of using it?
2.
Know the different branches of Earth Science and what each branch studies.
There are five.
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What is an ecosystem?_______________________________________________
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4.
Know the six steps of the Scientific Method.
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5.
Know two reasons why scientists use the metric system.
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6.
Know the basic units of the metric system, and how to convert them.
1 Meter = ________cm
1 Meter =_________mm
1 Meter= _________dm
1 km = ___________m