What examples would relate the science of geology with the science of biology?
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There are any number of examples. \n\nFor example many plant species and even entire communities have distributions controlled by soil type to the degree that it is normal to refer to sandstone communities or basalt communities.
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I believe the poetic analogy sought here is "a dream."\n\nHowever, I have no clue why this question appears under "Earth Sciences & Geology."\n\nHope this helps!
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Check here, it's a nice site for educational materials \nhttp://www.biologycorner.com/images.php
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Geology is an earth science and is the study of rocks and minerals.
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I am not a professor of geology, but I did TA for a Principles of Geology class, and I have a B.S. and M.S. in geology.  I would suggest EARTH Portrait of a Planet by Steve Marshak.  Of course, I'm biased because he was a professor of mine.  But I find it to be very informative and fun to read.  The students I TA'd for had this text for one of the semesters, and I didn't hear any complaints- which is rare!
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Biology: Genetics, Physiology, Kinesiology, Ecology, Genetics, Entomology, Cytology, Botany, Bioinformatics, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Biomechanics, Exercise Physiology, Histology, Anthropology, Marine Biology, Molecular Biology, Zoology, Virology, Toxicology, Parasitology, Phylogeny, Taxonomy.\n\nMedicine: Haematology, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Geriatrics, Urology, Obstetrics, Rheumatology, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Myology, Osteology, Gynacology, Hepatology.\n\nPhysics: Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Statics, Plasma Physics, Optics, Particle Physics, Neuclear Physics, Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Cryology, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Acoustics.\n\nChemistry: Analytical Chemsitry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Eletrochemistry, Thermal Chemistry, Spectroscopy.\n\nForensic Sciences\n\nEarth Sciences: Oceanography, Seismology, Hydrology, Geography.
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empirical and historical\n\n"However, there are two forms of science: empirical and historical. The first involves repeatability in the lab, the second involves interpreting sequences of events. Scientists cannot empirically test every aspect of Einstein's theories but they can establish their validity through observations of nature. ID fits this definition. Darwinian evolution is considered science but much of that theory cannot be repeated/demonstrated in the lab."
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Lithology is the study of rocks and minerals.  Stratigraphy is the mapping of layers of sediments, perhaps composed of rocks of similar types.
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biology, zoology, botany, physics, chemistry, electronics, computer science, earth science, meteorology, geology, etc.
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There are many, many different branches of science, and they are not all mutually exclusive.  There is a lot of intermingling between the disciplines.\n\nThe 'biggies' are generally regarded as being biology, chemistry and physics, and these are the way they're usually broken up in high school classes.\n\nThey're not the whole story however, there are other disciplines such as geology, astronomy and meteorology that don't really fit into any of those categories.\n\nThere are also studies such as anthropology, archaeology, psychology, sociology and medicine that all deal with various aspects of human culture, society, or biology.\n\nSome sciences combine aspects of the others, such as biochemistry, geochemistry, biophysics, astrophysics, or nuclear physics.\n\nOther disciplines are multi-disciplinary, combining aspects of many fields.  Paleontology combines biology, geology, archaeology, and anthropology.\n\nThere are also specializations within each category.  Zoologists study animals, botanists study plants, mycologists study fungi and microbiologists study bacteria.  There can be extreme specializations too, such as acarologists who specialize in ticks and mites, or physicians who specialize in a single organ of a single species (such as opthamologists).\n\nIn addition to research sciences, there are also applied sciences such as agricultural sciences, forestry, mechanical engineering, or computer science.  Again, these can easily overlap with one or more other disciplines.\n\nSo in short, there are almost as many branches of science as there are scientists studying things.
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Biological science is the branch of science dealing with the study of life. It is concerned with the characteristics, classification, and behaviors of organisms, how species come into existence, and the interactions they have with each other and with the environment. Biology encompasses a broad spectrum of academic fields that are often viewed as independent disciplines. However, together they address phenomena related to living organisms (biological phenomena) over a wide range of scales, from biochemistry to ecology.\n\nAt the organism level, biology has explained phenomena such as birth, growth, aging, death and decay of living organisms, similarities between offspring and their parents (heredity) and flowering of plants which have puzzled humanity throughout history. Other phenomena, such as lactation, metamorphosis, egg-hatching, healing, and tropism have been addressed. On a wider scale of time and space, biologists have studied domestication of animals and plants, the wide variety of living organisms (biodiversity), changes in living organisms over time (evolution), extinction, speciation, social behaviour among animals, etc.
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You've been given exhaustive lists, copied directly from websites without giving proper citation I imagine. \n\nHere is how to think about this question so that you can recall and understand the answer, without just memorizing a bunch of rock names.\n\nUse the rock cycle. Igneous rocks are of two groups, those formed within the earth and those formed by volcanism.  The volcanic rocks will show signs of that volcanism and will be things like black columnar basalt found in massive flows. Obsidian (volcanic glass) that flowed as liquid, scoria and pumice which are like foam because the dissolved gases expanded and made them bubble as they hardened. The other igneous group formed under the earth's surface, and includes things like granite where you can see the crystals that formed as it cooled and solidified. \n\nSedimentary rocks are also in two major informal groups (and a minor third). The first group of sedimentary rocks is clastics. These are formed by weathering, transport and deposition. Weatherings breaks down rocks like igneous, metamorphic and even sedimentary rocks and transport by wind, water, or gravity deposits these rocks as accumulations of clasts, (thus clastics). They become sandstone, shale, and conglomerate. The other major sedimentary group is carbonates. These rocks are 'born' because they are formed by living things. Ocean environments (and lakes too) have many organisms that make shells, corals that make reefs, and algae that make fine carbonate sediments (known as carbonate mud). Even bacteria get into the act helping to precipitate carbonates in many ocean environments. The third group of sedimentary rocks is those that are dissolved by water and deposited by evaporation or precipitation. These include gypsum, halite, sylvite, and many more. \n\nMetamorphic rocks all start life as one of the previous groups. You can metamorphose a granite into a granitic gneiss by burial, pressure and heat. You can metamorphose a basalt into an amphibolite. You can make limestone into marble. Sandstone turns into quartzite.\n\nRemember the rock cycle, associate the rocks as they move through it, and you won't have trouble remembering examples of rock types. Also don’t get tripped up by the difference between a mineral and a rock. Geologists sometimes use the two terms identically, but there is a formal difference between a rock (which is an impure mixture) and a mineral that is chemically consistent.
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Biology, Microbiology ,Medical science; It has application in many fields including physics and chemistry.
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There are quite many!\n\nBotany: the study of plants\nZoology: the study of animals\nAnthropology: the study of humans\nMolecular Biology: the study of molecules in life\nAnatomy: the study of the structure and organization of living things\nEthology: the study of behaviors of organisms\nAstrobiology: the study of life beyond Earth\nEcology: the study of living things and their interactions with the environment\nEvolutionary biology: the study of the origin and descent of species\n\nClick on the link below for many more!
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Hi!\n\nEarth science (also known as geoscience, the geosciences or the Earth Sciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth.\n\nThe major historic disciplines (or major division of earth science) are physics, geography, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. These are used to build a quantitative understanding of the principal areas or spheres of the Earth system, namely \n\n1. Atmosphere\n2. Biosphere\n3. Hydrosphere\n4. Lithosphere or geosphere\n5. Pedosphere\n6. Systems\n7. Others \n\nI hope this helps in your research.
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Well, I do. But I've taught the subject, or at least parts of it, at the college level. I also earn a living as a geologist. Your question doesn't explain what you are struggling with. I guess like any subject it helps a lot if you find it interesting. Sometimes this can be remedied by a good teacher who knows how to make the subject relevant to the students. I'm sorry if you don't have one of those. Maybe you should discuss it with the teacher. I would also suggest that you think about how the subject applies to your every day life. Then maybe you can start to see how it works and gain insight. \n\nPlease, if possible post some of your questions about the subject. Maybe Yahoo! Answers can help by giving you some different points of view.  Good luck.
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Environmental science is the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment; with a focus on pollution and degradation of the environment related due to human activities; and the impact on biodiversity and sustainability from local and global development. It is inherently an interdisciplinary field that draws upon not only its core scientific areas, but also applies knowledge from other non-scientific studies such as economics, law and social sciences. Physics is used to understand the flux of material and energy interaction and construct mathematical models of environmental phenomena. Chemistry is applied to understand the molecular interactions in natural systems. Biology is fundamental to describing the effects within the plant and animal kingdoms.