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is the study of the Earth and its neighbors in space

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EARTH SCIENCE

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

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Geology

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11 branches of geology

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ASTROGEOLOGY
MINERALOGY
PETROLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
PEDOLOGY
SEISMOLOGY
VOLCANOLOGY
GEOMORPHOLOGY
GEOCHEMISTRY
SEDIMENTOLOGY
GEODESY

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  • study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the geology of the moon).
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Astrogeology

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study of all kinds of minerals which are useful

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Mineralogy

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study of different kinds of rocks.

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Petrology

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study of fossils formations and recordings

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Paleontology

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study of different kinds of soils and their characteristics

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Pedology

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study of earthquakes existence

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Seismology

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study of basic and special features of volcanoes.

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Volcanology

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study of relief features of the earth (such as landforms) or of another celestial body (as the
moon).

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Geomorphology

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study of chemical composition and changes that takes place chemically in the solid matter of the
earth of another celestial body

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Geochemistry

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study of rocks which are sedimentary and their inclusions.

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Sedimentology

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investigate the shape of the Earth, its reaction to forces and its magnetic and gravity fields.

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Geodesy

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5 BRNACHES OF ATMOSPHERIC FEILD OF STUDY

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Meteorology
Climatology
Atmospheric Chemistry
Atmospheric Physics
Aeronomy

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study involve primarily the atmosphere, weather events, and variables that effect weather conditions such as pressure and temperature.

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Meteorology

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study of the chemical properties and characteristics of the gaseous part of the earth and
changes happening to it.

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Atmospheric
Chemistry

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study of weather conditions in a long-term scale ranging from months to years.

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Climatology

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study of the physical properties, processes, and phenomena of the gaseous part of the earth.

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Atmospheric
Physics

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study of the upper atmosphere of the planet or atmospheric regions above the lower
stratosphere and phenomenon or events happened such as auroras or photochemical processes.

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Aeronomy

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