Showing posts with label physical science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physical science. Show all posts

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Science and its branches



Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge”) - is an organized body of knowledge about the natural universe and the processes by which that knowledge is acquired and tested.

  1. Social Sciences - deal with human society and individual relationships
  1. Natural Sciences - investigate the natural universe.
  • Biological Science (also called "Life Science") - the study of living matter
  • Physical Science - the study of nonliving matter.
5 Major Divisions of Physical Science
  • Physics, the most fundamental of the divisions, is concerned with the basic principles and concepts of matter and energy.
  • Chemistry deals with the composition, structure, and reactions of matter.
  • Astronomy is the study of the universe, which is the totality of all matter, energy, space, and time.
  • Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere, from the surface of the Earth to where it
  • ends in outer space.
  • Geology is the science of the planet Earth—its composition, structure, processes, and history.