Branches of Earth Science

What is Meteorology?

• The study of Meteors.

• The study of the entire atmosphere.

• The study of rocks.

• The study of organisms.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is Geology?

• The study of geography.

• The study of rocks.

• The study of weather.

• The study of the solid Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a seismologist?

• The study of size in the environment.

• The study of earthquakes.

• The study of snakes.

• The study of the ocean.

Which topic(s) might an oceanographer study?

• tides

• clouds

• stars

• minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What sphere does the picture represent?

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Exosphere

• Hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the 4 main spheres of Earth?

• Hemisphere, Lithosphere, Troposphere, and Ionosphere

• Exosphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere,and Ozonosphere

• Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Geosphere

• Thermosphere, Atmosphere, Hemisphere, and Ionosphere

What is oceanography?

• The study of dolphins.

• The study of the ocean.

• The study of jellyfish.

• The study of waves.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• oceanography

• meteorology

• astronomy

• geology