Which statement best describes “science”?

Earth is _____, meaning that gravity sorted out Earth’s components into the various layers we observe today.

Determine whether the samples are independent or dependent. A fitness coach wants to evaluate the effectiveness of a new diet plan. She records the weights of 12 participants before starting the diet and then records their weights again after 8 weeks on the diet. Each participant has two measurements: one before and one after.

The first echo sounders were used for _____.

Oceanic crust is primarily _____.

The violent volcanoes of South America’s Andes Mountains are a product of _____.

Lithospheric plates shear laterally past one another at _____.

Captain James Cook _____.

Seismic waves are_____.

The “fossil,” or remanent, magnetic field of a rock, is known as _____.