Branches Definition/Focus

1. Ecology covers the interactions between organisms and their

environment. This field of study differentiates the
study of Earth from the study of other planets in
What I know the Solar System, Earth being its only planet teeming
with life.
1. D 2. Hydrology focus on the movement, distribution, and quality of
the water and involves all the components of the
2. C hydrologic cycle on the Earth and its atmosphere
3. Physical is the study of earth's seasons, climate, atmosphere,
3. D geography soil, streams, landforms, and oceans.
4. The study of changes in climate taken on the scale of
4. D Paleoclimatology 
the entire history of Earth
5. A 5. Planetary The geology of astronomical objects apparently in
orbit around stellar objects
6. D geology –
6. Geodesy – The science of the geometric shape, orientation in
7. D space, and gravitational field of the Earth
7. The branch of geology that studies the
8. C Petrology –
origin, composition, distribution and
9. A structure of rocks
8. Seismology – The scientific study of earthquakes and propagation
10. A of elastic waves through a planet
9. Pedology – The study of soils in their natural environment
11. D
10. Meteorology – Interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere
12. B focusing on weather forecasting
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14. D
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