What is physical science? Physical science is the study of the inorganic world.

That is, it does not study

living things. (Those are studied in biological, or life, science.) The four main branches of physical science
are astronomy, physics, chemistry, and the Earth sciences, which include meteorology and geology.

Physical Sciences

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Earth Sciences (Geology)

Engineering Science

Geography

Materials Science

Physics

What is physical science called now?

Natural science can be divided into two main branches: life science and physical science. Life science is
alternatively known as biology, and physical science is subdivided into branches: physics, chemistry,
astronomy and Earth science.

Is physical a type of science?

Outline of physical science - Wikipedia

Natural science can be broken into two main branches: life science (for example biology) and physical
science. Each of these branches, and all of their sub-branches, are referred to as natural sciences.