Category 3 points 2 points 2 points 0 points Total Above- Students correctly Students correctly Students correctly Students do not ground part illustrate/describe all illustrate/describe illustrate/describe few correctly of the rock rock breakdown, most breakdown, breakdown, illustrate/describe any cycle transportation, and transportation, and transportation, and breakdown, depositional processes, depositional processes, depositional transportation, and perhaps including perhaps including processes, perhaps depositional surface rock forming surface rock forming including surface rock processes, and do not processes (e.g., processes (e.g., forming processes include surface rock extrusive volcanic extrusive volcanic (e.g., extrusive forming processes rocks) rocks) volcanic rocks) (e.g., extrusive volcanic rocks) Below- Students correctly Students correctly Students correctly Students do not ground part illustrate/describe all illustrate/describe illustrate/describe few correctly of the rock below-ground rock most below-ground below-ground rock illustrate/describe any cycle formation processes rock formation formation processes below-ground rock processes formation processes Transfers Students correctly Students correctly Students correctly Students do not through the illustrate/describe all illustrate/describe illustrate/describe few correctly rock cycle burial or uplift/erosion most burial or burial or illustrate/describe any from above processes that uplift/erosion uplift/erosion burial or uplift/erosion ground to transport material from processes that processes that processes that below above ground to below transport material from transport material transport material ground or vice versa above ground to below from ground to from above ground to ground and vice versa ground or vice versa below ground or vice below ground or vice versa versa Energy Students correctly Students correctly Students correctly Students do not transfers describe all sources of describe most sources describe few sources correctly describe any within and energy in the rock of energy in the rock of energy in the rock sources of energy in between cycle, including the cycle the rock cycle Earth Sun’s role in the systems hydrologic cycle and Earth’s internal heat for below-ground processes
Category 3 points 2 points 2 points 0 points Total Above- ground part of the rock cycle Students correctly illustrate/describe all rock breakdown, transportation, and depositional processes, perhaps including surface rock forming processes (e.g., extrusive volcanic rocks) Students correctly illustrate/describe most breakdown, transportation, and depositional processes, perhaps including surface rock forming processes (e.g., extrusive volcanic rocks) Students correctly illustrate/describe few breakdown, transportation, and depositional processes, perhaps including surface rock forming processes (e.g., extrusive volcanic rocks) Students do not correctly illustrate/describe any breakdown, transportation, and depositional processes, and do not include surface rock forming processes (e.g., extrusive volcanic rocks) Below- ground part of the rock cycle Students correctly illustrate/describe all below-ground rock formation processes Students correctly illustrate/describe most below-ground rock formation processes Students correctly illustrate/describe few below-ground rock formation processes Students do not correctly illustrate/describe any below-ground rock formation processes Transfers through the rock cycle from above ground to below ground and vice versa Students correctly illustrate/describe all burial or uplift/erosion processes that transport material from above ground to below ground or vice versa Students correctly illustrate/describe most burial or uplift/erosion processes that transport material from above ground to below ground or vice versa Students correctly illustrate/describe few burial or uplift/erosion processes that transport material from ground to below ground or vice versa Students do not correctly illustrate/describe any burial or uplift/erosion processes that transport material from above ground to below ground or vice versa Energy transfers within and between Earth systems Students correctly describe all sources of energy in the rock cycle, including the Sun’s role in the hydrologic cycle and Earth’s internal heat for below-ground processes Students correctly describe most sources of energy in the rock Students correctly describe few sources of energy in the rock cycle Students do not correctly describe any sources of energy in the rock cycle