EARTH SCIENCE REVIEW

INTRODUCTION

Renewable resource A resource that is replaced by

natural processes at a rate
comparable or faster than its rate
of consumption by humans
Nonrenewable resource A natural resource that cannot be
produced, re-grown, regenerated
or reused on a scale which can
sustain its consumption rate
Geology Study origins, history, structure of
Earth and processes that shape
the surface
Astronomy Study radiations from space and
celestial objects
Meteorology Study Earth’s atmosphere
Oceanography Study oceans and all associated
areas
Nebular/Protoplanet Hypothesis Idea that attempts to explain the
creation of the solar system
Big bang 15 billion years ago, cloud
Lithosphere Contains all solid land (crust),
surface
Biosphere All living things
Hydrosphere Contains all the solid, liquid and
gaseous water of the planet
Atmosphere Contains all of the air in the
Earth’s system