Earth Science
Earth science is the study of Earth and its _____.
What is its systems and processes?
This branch of science studies _____.
What is the solid Earth?
This discipline is the study of the Earth's _____.
What is the ocean?
Meteorology is the study of _____.
What is studied by astronomy?
What are things beyond our Earth?
Earth science includes many _____.
What are branches or disciplines?
Geologists study rocks, minerals, and _____.
What are landforms?
THis brach of science studies waves, currents, and tides.
What isoceanography?
Meteorologists often study weather and this longer-term atmospheric study.
What is climate?
Planeets, stars, galaxies, and cosmology
Name one way Earth science helps our society.
What is predicting natural hazards or finding resources, or managing the environment?
What do we call scientists who study Earth's structure?
What are geologists?
Marine biology is part of what discipline of science?
What is oceanography?
What instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
What is a barometer?
Name one way astronomy connects to Earth science.
What are studying Earth's origin, planetary comparison, climate history, and tidal forces?
Earth science is divided into how many branches?
What is there are four (4) main branches of Earth science?
Which branch of science would study earthquakes?
What is geology?
Which tool is often used to map the ocean floor?
What is sonar or echo-sounding?
What type of models do meteorologists use to predict the weather?
What are mathematical models?
What is the study of planets and stars called?
What is astronomy?
True or false: Earth science only includes geology.
What is false?
What is teh geosphere and how does it relate to geology?
What is the solid part of Earth consisting of rock adn soil?
Name two subdivisions of oceanography.
What are biological, chemical, geological, or physical oceanography?
What is through weather forecasts, storm warnings, aviation planning, agriculture, etc.?
How do telescopes help astronomers?
What is by magnifying distant objects, allowing detailed observations?