What physical science is?

Answer 1

Physical science studies the nature and properties of nonliving matter and energy.

Examples are: physics, chemistry, Astronomy, and earth sciences.

Each one has many subdivisions. For instance, Earth Sciences includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, mineralogy, glaciology, geomorphology, and more.

Physical science is basically an umbrella term for the natural sciences that don't deal with living things or systems. We generally contrast physical science with the biological sciences.

As we look at the sciences, we see many fields, such as biochemistry, where the biological and the physical sciences overlap. It's a natural thing to encounter, given that the terms 'physical science' and 'biological science' are such general terms.

Physics, in its modern sense, was founded in the mid-19th century as a synthesis of several older sciences, namely, those of mechanics, optics, acoustics, electricity, magnetism, heat, and the physical properties of matter. The synthesis was based in large part on the recognition that the different forces of nature are related and are, in fact, inter convertible because they are forms of energy.

The boundary between physics and chemistry is somewhat arbitrary. As it developed in the 20th century, physics is concerned with the structure and behaviour of individual atoms and their components, while chemistry deals with the properties and reactions of molecules. These latter depend on energy, especially heat, as well as on atoms; hence, there is a strong link between physics and chemistry. Chemists tend to be more interested in the specific properties of different elements and compounds, whereas physicists are concerned with general properties shared by all matter.

Astronomy is the science of the entire universe beyond the Earth; it includes the Earth's gross physical properties, such as its mass and rotation, insofar as they interact with other bodies in the solar system. Until the 18th century, astronomers were concerned primarily with the Sun, Moon, planets, and comets. During the following centuries, however, the study of stars, galaxies, nebulas, and the interstellar medium became increasingly important. Celestial mechanics, the science of the motion of planets and other solid objects within the solar system, was the first testing ground for Newton's laws of motion and thereby helped to establish the fundamental principles of classical (that is, pre-20th-century) physics. Astrophysics, the study of the physical properties of celestial bodies, arose during the 19th century and is closely connected with the determination of the chemical composition of those bodies. In the 20th century physics and astronomy became more intimately linked through cosmological theories, especially those based on the theory of relativity.

Answer 2

Physical science studies the nature and properties of nonliving matter and energy.

Examples are: physics, chemistry, astronomy, and earth sciences.

Each one has many subdivisions. For instance, Earth Sciences includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, mineralogy, glaciology, geomorphology, and more.

Physical science is basically an umbrella term for the natural sciences that don't deal with living things or systems. We generally contrast physical science with the biological sciences.

As we look at the sciences, we see many fields, such as biochemistry, where the biological and the physical sciences overlap. It's a natural thing to encounter, given that the terms 'physical science' and 'biological science' are such general terms.

Physics, in its modern sense, was founded in the mid-19th century as a synthesis of several older sciences, namely, those of mechanics, optics, acoustics, electricity, magnetism, heat, and the physical properties of matter. The synthesis was based in large part on the recognition that the different forces of nature are related and are, in fact, inter convertible because they are forms of energy.

The boundary between physics and chemistry is somewhat arbitrary. As it developed in the 20th century, physics is concerned with the structure and behaviour of individual atoms and their components, while chemistry deals with the properties and reactions of molecules. These latter depend on energy, especially heat, as well as on atoms; hence, there is a strong link between physics and chemistry. Chemists tend to be more interested in the specific properties of different elements and compounds, whereas physicists are concerned with general properties shared by all matter.

Astronomy is the science of the entire universe beyond the Earth; it includes the Earth's gross physical properties, such as its mass and rotation, insofar as they interact with other bodies in the solar system. Until the 18th century, astronomers were concerned primarily with the Sun, Moon, planets, and comets. During the following centuries, however, the study of stars, galaxies, nebulas, and the interstellar medium became increasingly important. Celestial mechanics, the science of the motion of planets and other solid objects within the solar system, was the first testing ground for Newton's laws of motion and thereby helped to establish the fundamental principles of classical (that is, pre-20th-century) physics. Astrophysics, the study of the physical properties of celestial bodies, arose during the 19th century and is closely connected with the determination of the chemical composition of those bodies. In the 20th century physics and astronomy became more intimately linked through cosmological theories, especially those based on the theory of relativity.

Answer 3

Physics is the study of matter, its effects, and motions. More simply, it is the 'measuring and counting' science.

Its aim is to understand how the universe and its elements behave and interact.