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Earth science includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. It is the branch of science dealing with the physical constitution of Earth and its atmosphere. This series investigates Earth's place in the universe, its formation as a planet, and its relationship to the sun.

Illustration of the Earth. Caption: Noon is when the sun is highest in the sky.

Matter - icons representing solid, liquid, and gas. Caption: of a solid, a liquid, or a gas,

Two parallel peaks of rock with a line of magma rising between them. Arrows point to each of the peaks. Divergent boundaries occur on the sea floor. Caption: The magma quickly hardens and forms.

Map of Earth against starry sky with the tectonic plates outlined around the continents. Caption: is covered by ten major tectonic plates,

Layers of red sedimentary rock forming the cliffs to the Grand Canyon. Caption: (woman) Question of the day: How was the Grand Canyon formed?

Earth with a thin halo labeled as greenhouse gases. Caption: Greenhouse gases are mostly water vapor and carbon dioxide.

Trees, water, mountains, desert, and plain with river. Caption: Biomes are like little kingdoms.

Cart ascending roller coaster track. Caption: What are the reservoirs for the carbon cycle?

Wide shot of an active volcano at night. Text reads, "Geology, the study of the origin of the Earth, along with its rocks, minerals, landforms, and all of the processes that have affected them over the course of Earth's history."

Split screen photos of a flat snowy area and the ocean. Text reads, Scientific methods. Step 1: Problem or Question. Why does the fresh water in ponds freeze before the salt water in oceans.

Digital illustration of a triple beam balance scale with a beaker filled with blue liquid. Text above reads, what is the mass of the beaker and fluid?

Closeup of 2 beakers filled with 60 milliliters of clear liquid. Next to the beakers are a brown cylindrical object a black cube. Man in the background reaches his hands towards the objects.

Line graph shows Estimated Carbon Dioxide Emission from China. Text reads, "Given the overall trend shown in the line graph, would you expect an increase or decrease in carbon dioxide over the next 5 years? The overall trend indicates an increase in carbon dioxide.

Digital map of North America with a title overlay that reads, "Weather Map." A red letter L is visible near California, Washington, Mexico, Wyoming, and Mississippi. A blue H is visible near Texas, Missouri, and Tennessee.

Digital map of Earth with an overlay illustration of a flat sphere shape. Text reads, "Robinson Projection."

Digital heat map of the United States with title that reads, "Frequency of Damaging Earthquake Shaking Around the United States." The western U, S, is red, orange and yellow. The eastern U, S, is green, blue, and yellow.

Closeup of a person's hand pointing at a spot on a globe in east Russia.