8th Grade E&S Week 2 Vocab

What value measures how tightly packed matter is?

• Weight

• Density

• Matter

• Mass

Lower layer of soil that is mostly mineral material

• Topsoil

• Loam

• Subsoil

• Bedrock

Value that measures the pull of gravity on an object

• Weight

• Mass

• Density

• Volume

Underground layer that provides a firm foundation for the earth's surface:

• Topsoil

• Humus

• Bedrock

• Subsoil

Soil material made up of nonliving matter

• Mineral material

• Organic material

• Humus

• Decomposition

Reusing old materials

• Decomposition

• Recycling

• Purposing

• Composing

Munsell charts provide standard names and descriptions of soil's:

• Composition

• Depth

• Nutritive Value

• Color

A partial representation of something else:

• Model

• Prototype

• Figurative

• Scale

Reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Logic

• Solution

Testing of the same hypothesis under different conditions (multiple scientists) and obtaining the same result

• Scientific Theory

• Repeatability

• Law

• Reproducibility