Objectives

Standard 2.0 Earth/Space Science
Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the chemical and physical interactions (i.e., natural and cycles, transfer of energy of the environment, Earth, and the universe that occur over time.
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Topic
A. Materials and Processes That Shape A [|Planet]

Indicator

 * **2.** Cite and describe the processes that cause **rapid** or slow changes in Earth's surface.

Objectives

 * 1)  Identify and describe events such as [|tornadoes], [|hurricanes], [|volcanic eruptions], [|earthquakes], and [|flooding] which change surface features rapidly.
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 * 1) Recognize that the natural [|force] of [|gravity] causes changes in the Earth's surface features as it pulls things towards Earth, as in mud and [|rock slides], avalanches, etc.
 * 2)  Cite examples that demonstrate how the natural agents of wind, water, and ice produce slow changes on the Earth's surface such as carving out deep [|canyons] and building up [|sand dunes].
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