earth sciences
Studying our planet
Earth sciences are the fields of study concerned with the physical composition and processes of the planet—geology, meteorology, oceanography, and related disciplines.
The term groups sciences that examine rocks, weather, oceans, and atmosphere as distinct from life sciences or physical sciences like physics and chemistry.
Also called geosciences.
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- rock cycleContinuous transformation of minerals
- mineralogyScience of inorganic solids
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- sedimentologyStudy of geological deposits
plate tectonics · fault line · glaciology · ice age · paleoclimatology · deep time · fossil record · geochemistry · volcanology · meteorology · magnetic field · geography · oceanography · ocean floor · speleology · crust · hydrology · core
- disciplinesbiology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
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Science of celestial objects
astrophysics · space science · cosmology · biology · life sciences
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Mathematics pursued abstractly
formal logic · philosophy · theoretical physics · metaphysics · humanities
earth sciencesparticle physics
Study of subatomic constituents
quantum mechanics · cosmology · nuclear physics · astrophysics · molecular biology
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