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Reviewer for Science

What is Earth Science?

The Study of earth and its neighbors

What is geology all about?

Earth

What are inner planets?

They are mainly composed of metallic + rocky clumps


Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

What are outer planets?

They have a high percentage of ice because they are far from the sun
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What are Earths major spheres?

Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere

97% of the earths water, it includes the ocean, lakes, glaciers.

Hydrosphere

Thin, blanket of air

Atmosphere

Composed of all life

Biosphere

Composed of the crust, mantle and core

Geosphere

Viscous (liquid like)

Asthenosphere

Elastic (solid like)

Lithosphere
The Solar system is at least 4.5-4.6 billion years old
The universe is at least 13.8 billion years old
The solar system was formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas
Universe a space where everything exists
Big bang theory
Creation theory
Steady state theory

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