Did you know this about rocks and minerals?

Check out this awesome facts from thinkquest.org !

 Did you know that the diamond is the hardest natural substance found on earth?

 Did you know that quartz is one of the most common minerals on Earth?

 Did you know that marble forms from metamorphosed carbonate rock, most usually limestone?

 Did you know that basalt is the most common rock on Earth?

 Did you know that breccia is a rock composed of generally large, sharp fragments cemented together?

 Did you know feldspars make up more than 50% of the Earth's crust?

 Did you know the first recorded use of turqouise dates back to 5000 BC in Mesopotamia, where people used the gemstone to make beads?

 Did you know lapis lazul is treasured for its rich blue color and is often used in jewelry? Did you also know that ancient Eqyptians used powdered lapis lazul as eye shadow?

 Did you know jade because of it's toughness has been used for many cultural things like hammers, fish hooks, and stone axes.

 Did you know that rubies are one of the most popular gemstones today.

 Did you know that the first geologist on the moon was Harrison Schmitt who was part of the Apollo 17 mission? From the rock samples he collected, scientists have been able to learn many things about the moon.

 Did you know that the Earth is approximately 4.8 billion years old?

 Did you know that gold is so soft and easily worked that you could roll an ounce of it into a hair-thin wire 50 miles long?

 Did you know that the biggest pure-gold nugget was found in Australia in 1869 and weighed 156 pounds?

 Did you know that platinum is so rare that two million pounds of ore may contain only one pound of metal?

 Did you know that geodes are dull balls of igneous or sedimentary rock on the outside, but contain beautiful crystals on the inside?

 Did you know that meteorites, rocks from space, help scientists learn about the solar system and are very valuable, too?

 Did you know that the Taj Mahal built between 1632 and 1654 in India is made entirely out of marble? 

I hope this post was informative! Checked by Prof. Crisencio Paner

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Earth science (also known as geoscience) is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences. The formal discipline of Earth sciences may include the study of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans and biosphere, as well as the solid earth. Typically Earth scientists will use tools from physics, chemistry, biology, chronology and mathematics to build a quantitative understanding of how the Earth system works, and how it evolved to its current state.

And that is according to wikipedia.Earth science

anyway here is how I see it.

Earth is the only habitable planet(as of now because obviously we havent reached other galaxies and stuff.)Earth is where we live,and eat,and do stuff.Basically Earth is our home. So Earth science,in a nutshell is studying our home.Making the connection between a simple worm to  a wall street executive.

That is a very simple way to see it right?

none of the complex and scientific terms(yet)

but we have a ton of stuff to learn.