Geoscience Vocab

7. the acronym for science, technology, engineering, math
9. thing the planets do around the sun
10. variable the thing affected by the independent variable
11. thought that the process shaping the earth today have been at work all through history
14. a device that divides light into a spectrum
16. type of orbit our planet travels in around the sun
17. the study of the stars
18. force something keeps moving unless acted upon by an _______
19. man that created the laws of motion
20. thing that pulls us down to earth
24. thing that you form after a an observation
25. - magma on the surface of the earth
26. property of matter that makes something harder to move
27. Bang thing that created the universe
28. the study of the universe

1. fault the type of fault that occurs when the hanging wall slides down
2. of Reference changes depending on your perspective
3. the largest planet in the solar system
4. the study of rock layers
5. Planets planets that are less dense
6. thing that puts things in motion
8. the process of something getting bigger
12. what you do while watching an experiment
13. type of rock that is made by a rock altered by heat and pressure
15. standard measure used for length
16. the spectrum of different frequencies of waves
21. F= mass x _________
22. the process by which rocks are broken down by rain, ice, wind, and living organisms
23. System system that we use to convert measurements