Intro to Earth Science

What are the topics studied in Earth science? Select all that apply.

• Earth’s atmosphere

• Earth’s surface

• Earth’s neighbors in space

• Earth’s interior

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Match the following

• The study of the atmosphere, weather, and climate

• Meteorology

• Study of composition and movements of seawater, coastal processes, seafloor

  topography, marine life

• Oceanography

• The study of the universe, solar system

• Geology

• a. The study of Earth, earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, Earth’s history

• Astronomy

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Geology is divided into two broad areas—

physical geology and historical geology.

• True

• False

The word geology means “study of Earth.”

• True

• False

What are some of the subdivisions of Earth science?

• Geochemistry

• Geophysics

• Geobiology

• All of these

physical geologists study​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)  

• The materials that make up Earth
• The processes that shape our planet.
• The study of meteorolgy.
• The study of oceanography

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Rocks and minerals form in response to Earth’s

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   processes.

• internal
• external
• exothermic
• endothermic

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Historical geologists try to establish a timeline of the vast number of physical and biological changes that have occurred in the past.

• True

• False

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Which sciences can be combined into

oceanography?

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Meteorology

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The study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce

weather and climate is ​ (a)  

• meteorology
• astronomy
• cosmetology

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