earth science
Geology and meteorology
Earth science is any of the scientific disciplines concerned with the planet—geology, meteorology, oceanography, and related fields.
The term groups together studies of the solid earth, its waters, and its atmosphere: She's taking earth science this semester.
Sometimes called geoscience. (Capitalized Earth Science typically appears in course titles.)
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- erosionGradual wearing away
- geographyStudy of places
- volcanologyStudy of erupting mountains
- mineralogyScience of inorganic solids
lithosphere · plate tectonics · rain · ice age · limnology · paleontology · geochemistry · hydrology · water cycle · stratigraphy · continental drift · fault lines · climatology · natural disasters · earthquakes · oceanography · crust · core samples
- sciencesbiology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geology
- school subjectsmath, English, history, reading, art
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- Physical Sciencesphysics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, meteorology
- science curriculumbiology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, ecology
- science educationSTEM, biology class, scientific method, hands-on experiments, biology textbook
earth sciencespace science
Study of celestial phenomena
astronomy · astrophysics · cosmology · biology · life science
earth sciencehumanities
Study of culture
social science · philosophy · history · sociology · anthropology
earth, science, earthly, geophysics, geophysicist, geoscience, geoscientist, earth sciences, geosciences