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| Science, Approved 2007
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| Earth and Space Science |
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Standard
Benchmark
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The student will apply process skills to explore and develop an understanding of the structure of the earth system, earth's history, and earth in the solar system.
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4.1
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The student will understand that the structure of the earth system is continuously changing due to earth's physical and chemical processes.
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4.1.1
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The student identifies properties of the solid earth, the oceans and fresh water, and the atmosphere.
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4.1.2
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The student models earth's cycles, constructive and destructive processes, and weather systems.
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4.2
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The student will understand past and present earth processes and their similarity.
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4.2.1
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The student understands that earth processes observed today (including movement of lithospheric plates and changes in atmospheric conditions) are similar to those that occurred in the past; earth history is also influenced by occasional catastrophes, such as the impact of a comet or asteroid.
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4.3
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The student will identify and classify stars, planets, and other solar system components.
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4.3.1
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The student compares and contrasts the characteristics of stars, planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.
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4.3.2
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The student models spatial relationships of the earth/moon/planets/sun system to scale.
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4.3.3
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The student identifies past and present methods used to explore space.
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4.4
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The student will model motions and identify forces that explain earth phenomena.
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4.4.1
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The student demonstrates and models object/space/time relationships that explain phenomena such as the day, the month, the year, seasons, phases of the moon, eclipses and tides.
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4.4.2
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The student describes how the angle of incidence of solar energy striking earth's surface affects the amount of heat energy absorbed at earth's surface.
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