Earth Systems
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Quarter 1
STANDARD II: Students will understand that the features of Earth’s evolving environment affect living systems, and that life on Earth is unique in the solar system. Science Language
Objective 1: Describe the unique physical features of Earth’s environment that make life on Earth possible.
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STANDARD II: Students will understand that the features of Earth’s evolving environment affect living systems, and that life on Earth is unique in the solar system. Science Language
Objective 2: Analyze how ecosystems differ from each other due to abiotic and biotic factors.
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STANDARD II: Students will understand that the features of Earth’s evolving environment affect living systems, and that life on Earth is unique in the solar system. Science Language
Objective 3: Examine Earth's diversity of life as it changes over time.
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Quarter 2
STANDARD IV: Students will understand that water cycles through and between reservoirs in the hydrosphere and affects the other spheres of the Earth system. Science Language
Objective 1: Explain the water cycle in terms of its reservoirs, the movement between reservoirs, and the energy to move water. Evaluate the importance of freshwater to the biosphere.
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STANDARD IV: Students will understand that water cycles through and between reservoirs in the hydrosphere and affects the other spheres of the Earth system. Science Language
Objective 2: Analyze the physical and biological dynamics of the oceans.
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STANDARD VI: Students will understand the source and distribution of energy on Earth and its effects on Earth systems. Science Language
Objective 1: Describe the transformation of solar energy into heat and chemical energy on Earth and eventually the radiation of energy to space.
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STANDARD VI: Students will understand the source and distribution of energy on Earth and its effects on Earth systems. Science Language
Objective 2: Relate energy sources and transformation to the effects on Earth systems.
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Quarter 3
STANDARD III: Students will understand that gravity, density, and convection move Earth’s plates and this movement causes the plates to impact other Earth systems. Science Language
Objective 1: Explain the evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics.
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STANDARD III: Students will understand that gravity, density, and convection move Earth’s plates and this movement causes the plates to impact other Earth systems. Science Language
Objective 2: Describe the processes within Earth that result in plate motion and relate it to changes in other Earth systems.
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STANDARD V: Students will understand that Earth's atmosphere interacts with and is altered by the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
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Objective 1: Describe how matter in the atmosphere cycles through other Earth systems.
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STANDARD V: Students will understand that Earth's atmosphere interacts with and is altered by the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
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Objective 2: Trace ways in which the atmosphere has been altered by living systems and has itself strongly affected living systems over the course of Earth’s history.
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Quarter 4
STANDARD I: Students will understand the scientific evidence that supports theories that explain how the universe and solar system developed.
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Objective 1: Describe the big bang theory and evidence supporting it.
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STANDARD I: Students will understand the scientific evidence that supports theories that explain how the universe and solar system developed.
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Objective 2: Relate the structure and composition of the solar system to the processes that exist in the universe.
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Standard I: Development of Universe and Solar system
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Standard II: Earth's Environment

Standard III: Plate Tectonics

Standard IV: Water Cycle

Standard V: Earth's Atmosphere

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