This document provides an overview of different topics in earth science. It discusses the four main branches of earth science as meteorology, astronomy, geology, and oceanography. It also provides descriptions of specific topics within those branches, such as the study of the atmosphere and weather in meteorology and the study of the ocean in oceanography. It compares and contrasts astronomy and meteorology. Additionally, it discusses tools used in meteorology like weather balloons and satellites. Finally, it touches on topics in earth science like the structure of the earth's crust consisting of plates and the percentage of the earth covered by water.

1. EARTH SCIENCE
Module One

2. WHAT ARE THE
FOUR MAIN
BRANCHES OF
EARTH SCIENCE?
The four branches of Earth science are
meteorology, astronomy, geology, and
oceanography. Earth science is the
study of the basis and structure of
planet Earth

3. METEOROLOGY - STUDY OF THE ATMOSPHERE,
WEATHER, AND STORMS.

4. OCEANOLOGY - STUDY OF THE OCEAN REALM IN ALL
ITS ASPECTS.

5. ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMERS - SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY THE UNIVERSE, GALAXIES,
AND STARS.

6. GEOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE ROCKS, PROCESSES,
AND HISTORY OF EARTH

7. ASTRONOMY VS. METEOROLOGY
ASTRONOMY METEOROLOGY

8. GEOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
GEOLOGY OCEANOGRAPHY

9. ASTROLOGY IS A
FIELD OF STUDY
THAT IS NOT
SCIENCE
Astrology, or astromancy, consists of
several systems of divination based on
the premise that there is a relationship
between astronomical phenomena and
events in the human world.

10. HYDROLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE MOVEMENT, DISTRIBUTION, AND QUALITY OF WATER ON
EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS, INCLUDING THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE, WATER RESOURCES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL WATERSHED SUSTAINABILITY.

11. GEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THE EARTH WAS ACTUALLY ONCE
A SPHERE OF INTERSTELLAR GASSES.

12. EARTHQUAKES ARE DEVASTATING PHENOMENON THAT
OCCUR ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES

13. UNDERSEA MOUNTAIN RANGES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE
1960S.

14. WEATHER BALLOONS, WEATHER SATELLITES, AND WEATHER
STATIONS ARE ALL TOOLS USED BY THE METEOROLOGIST

15. ROTATION IS IMPORTANT IN TORNADO FORMATION.

16. THE EARTH'S CRUST IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN MAJOR
PLATES

17. 71 % OF THE EARTH IS COVERED BY WATER.

18. THE JET STREAM IS MADE OF HUGE MASSES OF RAPIDLY
MOVING AIR MILES ABOVE THE EARTH’S SURFACE

19. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS PEOPLE BELIEVED THE
EARTH WAS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
BACK THEN NOW

20. A STATEMENT THAT CAN USUALLY BE WORDED IF,
THEN, AND BECAUSE IS CALLED A HYPOTHESIS

21. A GOOD HYPOTHESIS IS ONE THAT CAN BE TESTED

22. METEORITES MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE FOR THE
EXTINCTION OF DINOSAURS.

23. A GOOD SCIENTIST WILL REPEAT AN EXPERIMENT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN TO ENSURE THEY ALWAYS GET THE SAME RESULTS.

24. QUANTITATIVE DATA USES MEASUREMENTS THAT CAN BE RECORDED IN A TABLE OR CHART

25. THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IS THE ONE BEING
MANIPULATED BY THE EXPERIMENTER

26. THE CONTROL GROUP IS THE PART OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT
IS USED IN COMPARISON TO THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

27. SCIENTIFIC METHOD STEP 1:
MAKE OBSERVATIONS - ASK A QUESTION

28. GALILEO IS CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF MODERN
EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE.

29. HANDLE EARTH
WITH CARE
Earth is our only home.

30. SPRING
A new beginning each year

31. SUMMER
A period of growth

32. AUTUMN
A time of harvest

33. WINTER
A time of rest