Types of Science 1
Types of Science 2
Type of Science 3
Vocabulary
Types of Science 4
100
The study of life
What is life science?
100

The study of Earth and the things on it.

What is Earth Science (geoscience)?

100
The study of things in outer space.
What is astronomy?
100

An educated guess to a question that can be tested

What is a hypothesis?

100
The study of plants.
What is botany?
200
The study of living things such as plants and animals.
What is biology?
200

A branch of Earth science that studies rocks

What is geology?

200

The study of how our physical "non-living" world works.

What is physical science?

200

The name of the method scientists use to find answers to their questions.

What is the scientific method or process?

200
The study of prehistoric fossils.
What is paleontology?
300
The study of animal life.
What is zoology?
300

The study of the land, oceans, atmosphere, and where things are on maps.

What is geography?

300

Science that investigates what particles of matter make up our world and how to make new materials.

What is chemistry?

300

An idea about how something works. It is developed after gathering and studying information from multiple experiments, by multiple scientists.

What is a theory?

300

The social science that studies group dynamics.

What is sociology?

400

An example of a formal science

What is Math?

400
The study of weather and the atmosphere's conditions.
What is meteorology?
400
The study of the laws of motion.
What is physics?
400

Using evidence instead of just our own feelings or opinions to come up with ideas.

What is being science?

400
The study of human behavior.
What is psychology?
500
A branch of science where scientists specialize in finding prehistoric fossils of dinosaurs and plants.
What is paleontology?
500

The study of ocean chemistry.

What is Oceanography?

500

The study of matter and chemistry in space.

What is astrophysics?

500

The process of sharing theories and ideas with other scientists.

What is peer review?

500

The study of the processes of the human body.

What is physiology?