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Valerio, Aira S.L Iii Edu Earth Science
Valerio, Aira S.L Iii Edu Earth Science
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IIIEDUEarthScience
1.SCIENCE:systematicknowledgeofthephysicalormaterialworldgainedthroughobservationand
experimentation.
2.5PhysicalSciences
AstronomyAstronomyisthestudyofeverythingbeyondtheEarth'satmosphere,includingthemoon,thesun,
otherplanetsandallthestars.Inotherwords,astronomersexamineandinvestigatethewholeuniverse.
EarthScienceEarthscience,alsoreferredtoasgeoscience,isabroadtermforthestudyoftheEarth.Thereare
manydisciplinesorconcentrationsavailablewithinearthscience,suchasgeology,geophysics,soilscience,
oceanography,atmosphericandastronomicalscience.
GeochemistryGeochemistryisthescientificstudyoftheEarth'schemicalelementsandnaturalcompounds
foundinsoil,groundwaterandrock.UnderstandingEarth'shistoryandcompositionhelpsgeochemistsfind
naturalresourcesanddealwithenvironmentalproblems.
MeteorologyMeteorologists,alsocalledweatherforecasters,studyatmosphericprocessesandweatherpatterns.
Theyusevarioustoolslikeweathermaps,satellitesandtechnicalinstrumentstoanalyzeandpredicttheweather.
NaturalSciencesThenaturalsciencesfieldencompassesmanydisciplinesthatdealwiththestudyofprocesses
thatoccurinnature.Itincludesthephysicalandbiologicalsciences,mathematicsandenvironmentalsciences.
3.SCIENTIFICMETHODamethodofresearchinwhichaproblemisidentified,relevantdataaregathered,a
hypothesisisformulatedfromthesedata,andthehypothesisisempiricallytested.
4.STEPSINSCIENTIFICMETHOD
1.AskaQuestion
2.Researchconductbackgroundresearch
3.Proposeahypothesis.Thisisasortofeducatedguessaboutwhatyouexpect.
4.Experiment-Dsign and perform an experiment to test your hypothesis. An experiment has an independent and dependent
variable. You change or control the independent variable and record the effect it has on the dependent variable.
5.Data/Analysis
Record observations and analyze what the data means. Often, you'll prepare a table or graph of the data.
6.Conclusion Confirm whether to accept or reject your hypothesis, Communicate your results.
5. Scientific method can be used in Crimes, Looking for missing person/object , growth of plants, investigatory projects, etc.