Branches of Earth Science

The San Andres Fault in California will not cause California to break off into the ocean.

• Oceanography

• Meteorology

• Astronomy

• Geology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The oceans of the earth contain about 97% of all the water on Earth.

• Oceanography

• Meteorology

• Astronomy

• Geology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The lower the barometric (air) pressure is, the worse the weather will be.

• oceanography

• meteorology

• geology

• astronomy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Giant cockroaches and dragonflies were common insects during the Carboniferous period and were much larger than they are today.

• meteorology

• astronomy

• geology

• oceanography

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The sun is the largest object in the solar system, and constitutes over 99% of the solar's system's mass.

• meteorology

• astronomy

• oceanography

• geology

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Coal is formed from the remains of plants in swampy areas.

• astronomy

• meteorology

• astronomy

• geology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earth's longest mountain range is the Mid-Ocean Ridge which is underwater and more than 50,000 km in length.

• geology

• oceanography

• meteorology

• astronomy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Almost all of the ozone in the atmosphere is concentrated in the stratosphere.

• oceanography

• meteorology

• astronomy

• geology

The Great Barrier Reef, measuring 2300 km in length, is the largest living structure on Earth and can be seen from space.

• astronomy

• meteorology

• oceanography

• geology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Earth is unique because water exist in 3 forms: gas, liquid, solid

• meteorology

• astronomy

• oceanography

• geology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4