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What is Earth Science?

What is Earth Science?. Jot down what you think Earth Science is. Earth Science: is four sciences rolled into one!. The first is:. GEOLOGY which studies the Earth's interior and surface. The second is:. ASTRONOMY which studies the universe, stars, planets, and moons.

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What is Earth Science?

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  1. What is Earth Science? Jot down what you think Earth Science is.

  2. Earth Science:is four sciences rolled into one!

  3. The first is: GEOLOGY which studies the Earth's interior and surface

  4. The second is: ASTRONOMY which studies the universe, stars, planets, and moons

  5. The third is: METEOROLOGY which studies the Earth's atmosphere: weather and storms

  6. The fourth is: OCEANOGRAPHY which studies the Earth's oceans.

  7. What is an Earth Science Event?

  8. An EVENT is: AnOccurrence on Earth that causes a change

  9. List an EVENT for each Branch of Earth Science on your worksheet.

  10. Here are some EVENTS for OCEANOGRAPHY:

  11. Here are some EVENTS forMETEOROLOGY:

  12. Here are some EVENTS forASTRONOMY:

  13. Here are some EVENTS forGEOLOGY:

  14. What is an ACTIVITY of an OCEANOGRAPHER? Look in your textbook* on page 5: What Oceanographers do. *Heath Earth Science

  15. What is an ACTIVITY of anASTRONOMER? Look in your textbook on page 4: What Astronomers Do. *Heath Earth Science

  16. What is an ACTIVITY of aGEOLOGIST? Look in your textbook on page 4: What Geologists Do. *Heath Earth Science

  17. What is an ACTIVITY of aMETEOROLOGIST? Look in your textbook on page 5: What Meteorologists Do. *Heath Earth Science

  18. YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS: • Find two newspaper articles or pictures with captions relating to two different Earth Sciences. • Cut them out. • Attach to your worksheet. • Answer these questions for EACH of the articles.

  19. THE QUESTIONS FOR EACH ARTICLE ARE: • Identify the BRANCH of Earth Science. • What ACTIVITY would a scientist have to do for this article to be written? • What EVENT is covered by this article?

  20. The objective for this assignment is: • Identify the major branches o Earth Science 2. Describe the events that occur in each branch of Earth Science. Be sure you can answer questions about these objectives!

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