What is Earth Science?

Jot down what you think Earth Science is.

Earth Science:is four sciences rolled into one!

The first is:

GEOLOGY which studies

the Earth's interior and surface

The second is:

ASTRONOMY

which studies

the universe, stars, planets, and moons

The third is:

METEOROLOGY which studies the Earth's atmosphere:

weather and storms

The fourth is:

OCEANOGRAPHY which studies the Earth's oceans.

What is an Earth Science Event?

An EVENT is:

An

Occurrence on Earth that causes a change

List an EVENT for each Branch of Earth Science

on your worksheet.

Here are some EVENTS for OCEANOGRAPHY:

Here are some EVENTS forMETEOROLOGY:

Here are some EVENTS forASTRONOMY:

Here are some EVENTS forGEOLOGY:

What is an ACTIVITY of an OCEANOGRAPHER?

Look in your textbook* on page 5: What Oceanographers do.

*Heath Earth Science

What is an ACTIVITY of anASTRONOMER?

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

*Heath Earth Science

What is an ACTIVITY of aGEOLOGIST?

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

*Heath Earth Science

What is an ACTIVITY of aMETEOROLOGIST?

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

*Heath Earth Science

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.

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?

The objective for this assignment is:

1. 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!