Natural Science

4. The study of the universe
5. A subdivision of the mantle located beneath the lithosphere
6. The light in very thin outer skin of earth
9. large, continuous areas of land that include the adjacent continental shelf and islands that are structurally connected to the mainland.
11. A tentative (or untested) explanation
12. includes all life on earth.
13. theory proposes that the bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud
15. method The process in which researchers gather facts through observations and formulate scientific hypotheses and theories.
16. A well-tested and widely excepted view that the scientific community agrees best explains certain observable facts.
17. The study of the atmosphere in the process that produces weather and climate

1. refers to the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and upper most mantle.
2. A group of interacting, or interdependent, parts that form a complex hole.
3. The interiors of the continents.
5. A life – giving gaseous envelope
6. dense inner sphere
7. Lies beneath the atmosphere in the ocean, and is the solid earth.
8. dynamic mass of water that is continually on the move.
10. expansive, flat regions composed largely of deformed igneous and metamorphic rocks.
14. less dense sphere
18. involves the application of all sciences in a comprehensive and interrelated study of the oceans in all their aspects and relationships.
19. study of earth