The planet’s systems the formation of Earth or the HS.LS4.A interact over scales that earliest evidence of life). HS.LS4.C range from microscopic to Examples can include the HS.ESS1.C global in size, and they formation of mountain operate over fractions of a chains and ocean basins, the HS.ESS2.A second to billions of years. evolution or extinction of 2),(MS-ESS2-3); These interactions have particular living organisms, HS.ESS2.B shaped Earth’s history and or significant volcanic (MS-ESS2-2); HS.ESS2.C will determine its future. eruptions.] [Assessment HS.ESS2.D (MS-ESS2-2); (MS-ESS2-2) Boundary: Assessment HS.ESS2.E (MS-ESS2-2); HS.ESS3.D (MS-ESS2-2) ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and does not include recalling Large-Scale System the names of specific periods Interactions (7th Grade) or epochs and events within Maps of ancient land and them.] water patterns, based on MS-ESS2-2. Construct an investigations of explanation based on rocks and fossils, make clear evidence for how how Earth’s plates have geoscience processes have moved great distances, changed Earth’s surface at collided, and spread apart. varying time and spatial (MS-ESS2-3) scales. [Clarification ESS2.C: The Roles of Water Statement: Emphasis is on in Earth’s Surface Processes how processes change (7th Grade) Earth’s surface at time and Water’s movements—both spatial scales that can be on the land and large (such as slow plate underground—cause motions or the uplift of large weathering and erosion, mountain ranges) or small change the land’s surface (such as rapid landslides or features and create microscopic geochemical underground formations. reactions), and how many (MS-ESS2-2) geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of
The planet’s systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth’s history and will determine its future. (MS-ESS2-2) ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions (7th Grade) Maps of ancient land and water patterns, based on investigations of rocks and fossils, make clear how Earth’s plates have moved great distances, collided, and spread apart. (MS-ESS2-3) ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes (7th Grade) Water’s movements—both on the land and underground—cause weathering and erosion, change the land’s surface features and create underground formations. (MS-ESS2-2) the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.] MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how processes change Earth’s surface at time and spatial scales that can be large (such as slow plate motions or the uplift of large mountain ranges) or small (such as rapid landslides or microscopic geochemical reactions), and how many geoscience processes (such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and meteor impacts) usually behave gradually but are punctuated by catastrophic events. Examples of HS.LS4.A HS.LS4.C HS.ESS1.C HS.ESS2.A 2),(MS-ESS2-3); HS.ESS2.B HS.ESS2.C (MS-ESS2-2); HS.ESS2.D (MS-ESS2-2); HS.ESS2.E (MS-ESS2-2); HS.ESS3.D (MS-ESS2-2)
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