Intro to Earth Science

The two types of observations are qualitative and quantitative.

• True

• False

By understanding how natural forces shape our environment, scientists are better able to...

• Change the course of history

• predict potential disasters

• interrupt natural disasters

• change society's point-of-view

Which branch of Earth Science studies the ways in which humans interact with their environment?

• Geology

• Meteorology

• Oceanography

• Environmental Science

What is the study of the universe beyond Earth?

• Environmental Science

• Oceanography

• Astronomy

• Geology

What is the study of Earth's atmosphere?

• Astronomy

• Meteorology

• Geology

• Environmental Science

What is the term given to the study of Earth's oceans and the movement of water?

• Environmental Science

• Astronomy

• Geology

• Oceanography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the term given to the study of solid Earth?

• Oceanography

• Meteorology

• Geology

• Astronomy

Choose the branches of Earth Science.

• Geology

• Astronomy

• Meteorology

• Environmental Science

• Oceanography

Earth Science is scientific study of

• chemical equations

• health and nutrition

• Earth and its universe

• human behavior

What does accurate mean?

• getting the correct value

• being precise

• all measurements close together

• using a ruler correctly