EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE REVIEWER

© angelica garcia

EARTH SCIENCE
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all the sciences that

collectively seek to understand Earth and its neighbors in space

I.

ASTRONOMY
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the
study of the universe
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very useful in probing the origins of our own environment

II.

METEOROLOGY
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study of the
atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climateIII.

GEOLOGY
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Study of the
earth
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Study of
solid earth
, the
rocks
of which it is composed and the
processes
by which they change.
A.

Physical
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Examines the
materials
composing earth and
the processes
that operate beneath andupon its surface.
B.

Historical
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Aim to understand the

origin of Earth
and
development of the planet
through its 4.5-billion-year history
IV.

OCEANOGRAPHY
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the study of the

composition and movements
of
seawater, coastal processes, seafloortopography and marine lifeTHE UNIVERSETheories
on the Creation of the Universe1.

BIBLICAL CREATION
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came from the bible

States that the entire cosmos was

created in 6 days
by a Supreme Being.
2.

BIG BANG THEORY (1920)

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Alexander Friedman and George Lamaitre

Universe started with a huge explosion 13.7 Billion years ago.-

Explains what happened at the very beginning-

“The Universe started with a cataclysm that created space and time and all the
matter and
energy that has ever existed i
n the universe”
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Caused by
random fluctuation
in an empty void. Then there was a
great explosion andexpansion.
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Evidences:
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The red shift of galaxies supports the big bang and the expanding universe
theories.-

Scientists discovered a type of energy called cosmic background radiation (CMB).

Scientiststhink that this radiation was produced during the big bang.-

Abundance of light elements: helium, hydrogen, and lithium beryllium confirms

occurrence ofthe big bang nucleosynthesis.
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Red Shift aka Doppler Shift

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Red shift, or a Doppler shift toward the red end of the spectrum, occurs because
the light waves
are “stretched,” which shows that Earth and the source are moving away from each
other.