4.ESS.2 Obtain and combine information to (1) Examples of renewable energy resources natural resource materials or substances – describe that energy and fuels are derived could include wind energy, water behind such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile from natural resources and their uses affect dams, and sunlight; non-renewable energy land that occur in nature and can be used for ESS3.A: the environment. resources are fossil fuels and fissile materials. economic gain Cause and Natural (2) Examples of environmental effects Effect Resources include loss of habitat due to dams, loss of habitat due to surface mining, and air pollution from burning of fossil fuels. 4.ESS.3 Describe how geological forces (1) Look at the impact of weathering and landslide the sliding down of a mass of – change the shape of the land suddenly and erosion on land. Examples of variables to test earth or rock from a mountain or cliff ESS2.A: over time. include angle of slope in the downhill earthquake a sudden and violent shaking of – Earth’s movement of water, amount of vegetation, the ground as a result of movements within the Patterns Materials and speed of wind, relative rate of deposition, earth’s crust or volcanic action Systems cycles of freezing and thawing of water, volcano a mountain or hill having a crater or – Cause and cycles of heating and cooling, and volume of vent through lava, rock fragments, hot Effect ESS2.B: water flow. vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted Plate from the earth’s crust Stability and Tectonics and erosion the process of eroding or being – Change Large-Scale eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents System weathering the various mechanical and – Interactions chemical processes that exposed rock to decompose
4.ESS.2 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. (1) Examples of renewable energy resources could include wind energy, water behind dams, and sunlight; non-renewable energy resources are fossil fuels and fissile materials. (2) Examples of environmental effects include loss of habitat due to dams, loss of habitat due to surface mining, and air pollution from burning of fossil fuels. natural resource – materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain Cause and Effect ESS3.A: Natural Resources 4.ESS.3 Describe how geological forces change the shape of the land suddenly and over time. (1) Look at the impact of weathering and erosion on land. Examples of variables to test include angle of slope in the downhill movement of water, amount of vegetation, speed of wind, relative rate of deposition, cycles of freezing and thawing of water, cycles of heating and cooling, and volume of water flow. landslide – the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff earthquake – a sudden and violent shaking of the ground as a result of movements within the earth’s crust or volcanic action volcano – a mountain or hill having a crater or vent through lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth’s crust erosion – the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents weathering – the various mechanical and chemical processes that exposed rock to decompose Patterns Cause and Effect Stability and Change ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
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