General Educational Development (GED): Physical Science

Physical Science is the sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects.

​Physical science includes the following branches of science:

• Astronomy - the study of the universe beyond the atmosphere of the Earth
• Chemistry - the science dealing with the composition of substances, their interactions with energy and each other
• Many of the earth sciences, including:
  • Geology - the study of the planetary structure of Earth and the physical processes which shape it
  • Hydrology - the study of the movement and distribution of water across the Earth's surface
  • Meteorology - the study of weather patterns and other atmospheric phenomena
  • Oceanography - the study of the ocean as a physical system
  • Soil science - the study of the pedosphere
• Physics - the quantitative science dealing with matter and energy

Scientific Method