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What is Earth Sciences and the History of It
Earth Sciences
The name earth sciences refers in general to all scientific fields that study the earth and its atmosphere. They include geography, geology, geophysics, as well as scientific branches of mineralogy, oceanography, and meteorology. All of them are closely linked not only to each other but also to related sciences. The most important related sciences are chemistry, physics, biology, and history.
Within the framework of various segments, geology deals mainly with the rocks of our Earth (petrography), both on the surface as well as in the interior of the earth. It involves the study not only of the present state but also of how it was in the past and how it has changed during the course of Earth’s history – how it happened, etc. It includes the impact of exogenous forces such as the sun, wind, water, and ice; and endogenous forces such as convective flows in the interior of the earth, volcanic activity, earthquakes, plate tectonics, etc. Paleontology studies plant and animal fossils and thus acquires knowledge of the past. This knowledge provides valuable help for geological dating (historical geology).
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Study the Characteristics and Processes of the Eart – What is Earth Science?
Earth science is a general term that is used to describe a field of study that examines the Earth, its features and its phenomenon. This term is used to describe introductory level coursework of the earth sciences. More advanced courses in earth science will focus on specific fields of study such as geology, paleontology, meteorology and geography.
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