What is Earth Science

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What is Earth Science?

• Jot down what you think Earth Science is.

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Earth Scienceis four sciences rolled into one!
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The first is

• GEOLOGY which studies
• the Earth's interior and surface

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The second is

• ASTRONOMY
• which studies
• the universe, stars, planets, and moons

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The third is

• METEOROLOGY which studies the Earth's atmosphere
• weather and storms

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The fourth is

• OCEANOGRAPHY which studies the Earth's oceans.

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What is an Earth Science Event?
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An EVENT is

• An Occurrence on Earth that causes a change

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List an EVENT for each Branch of Earth Science
on your worksheet.
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Here are some EVENTS for OCEANOGRAPHY
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Here are some EVENTS forMETEOROLOGY
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Here are some EVENTS forASTRONOMY
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Here are some EVENTS forGEOLOGY
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What is an ACTIVITY of an OCEANOGRAPHER?
Look in your textbook on page 5 What
Oceanographers do.
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What is an ACTIVITY of anASTRONOMER?

• Look in your textbook on page 4 What
  Astronomers Do.

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What is an ACTIVITY of aGEOLOGIST?

• Look in your textbook on page 4 What
  Geologists Do.

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What is an ACTIVITY of aMETEOROLOGIST?

• Look in your textbook on page 5 What
  Meteorologists Do.

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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.

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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?

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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!