Area of Study
Study of Earths oceans which occupies 3/4 of the planet.
What is oceanography?
Study patterns of weather over long periods of time
What is climatology?
Frozen part of Earth.
What is cryosphere?
The thinest layer of earth
What is the crust?
Study materials that make up the earth
What is Geology?
Study Earth's composition and the process that changes it.
What is geochemistry?
The part of Earth that contains Life.
What is Biosphere?
The thickest layer of earth
What is the mantle?
Study the forces that cause atmosphere to change and produce weather.
What is Meteorology?
Studies of geological features of ocean floors including tectonic plates.
What is marine geology?
Part of earth that includes blankets of gas that surrounds it.
What is atmosphere?
The hottest layer of earth.
What is the core?
Study of organisms and their surroundings
What is environmental science?
Study Physics of the universe, include the physical properties of objects found in space.
What is astrophysics?
Includes bodies of water and oceans.
What is hydrosphere?
This layer has the most signs of life.
What is the crust?
Study of objects found beyond earths atmosphere.
What is astronomy?
Study Chemical alterations to the environment through pollution and natural means.
What is environmental chemistry?
Includes the crust , mantle and core.
What is geosphere?
Nickel, Iron and other metals are found in their liquid form in this layer of earth that is not the inner core.
What is the outer core?