Transcript EARTH SCIENCE

EARTH SCIENCE
EARLY SCIENCE
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GEOGRAPHY
GEO = EARTH
GRAPHOS = WRITINGS
COSMOGRAPHY
COSMOS = HEAVENS
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
• EARTH SCIENCE (GEOLOGY OR
GEOGRAPHY)
• GEOMORPHOLOGY
• PEDOLOGY
• METEOROLOGY
• OCEANOGRAPHY
• ASTRONOMY
4 EARTH SPHERES
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HYDROSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE
LITHOSPHERE
BIOSPHERE
SYSTEMS
• SYSTEM - ANY ORDERED, RELATED SET OF
THINGS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES
• EARTH-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
• HYPOTHESIS – TESTABLE STATEMENT
BASED UPON A PRELIMINARY UNTESTED
EXPLANATION
• THEORY - WELL TESTED WIDELY
ACCEPTED VIEWPOINT
• OBSERVATION, EXPLANATION, TESTING, &
RESTATING, ACCEPTING, OR REJECTING
• http://employee.heartland.edu/rdenniso/scienti
ficmethod.html
Class activity
• 1 – List some examples of things that an earth
scientist might do or how using earth science
might help you in doing your job
• 2 - Think of an example using scientific inquiry
to exam an earth related concern
• Mood
List
• http://www.awg.org/eas/profiles.html
• https://communicate.aag.org/eseries/scriptcont
ent/custom/giwis/cguide/opportunity/cguide_fi
eld.cfm