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1. ESS1: EARTH'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE

1.1. ESS1.A: THE UNIVERSE AND ITS STARS

1.1.1. PATTERNS OF MOTION

1.1.1.1. OBSERVED

1.1.1.2. DESCRIBED

1.1.1.3. PREDICTED

1.1.1.4. EXPLAINED WITH MODELS

1.1.2. VISIBLE LIGHT FROM STARS WITH NAKED EYE

1.1.3. TELESCOPES LET YOU SEE MORE

1.1.4. SUN IS A STAR

1.1.4.1. CLOSEST TO US

1.1.5. BIG BANG

1.1.6. MILKY WAY GALAXY

1.2. ESS1.B: EARTH AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

1.2.1. SEASONAL PATTERNS

1.2.2. ORBITS

1.2.2.1. EARTH AROUND SUN

1.2.2.2. MOON AROUND EARTH

1.2.3. EARTH'S ROTATION

1.2.3.1. PATTERNS

1.2.3.1.1. NIGHT AND DAY

1.2.3.1.2. SEASONAL CHANGES

1.2.3.1.3. LENGTH AND DIRECTION OF SHADOWS

1.2.3.1.4. PHASES OF THE MOON

1.2.3.1.5. CHANGES IN POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

1.2.4. CONSTELLATIONS

1.2.4.1. NAVIGATION

1.2.4.2. APPEAR TO MOVE ACROSS THE SKY BECAUSE OF EARTH'S ROTATION

1.2.5. SOLAR SYSTEM

1.2.5.1. SUN

1.2.5.2. PLANETS

1.2.5.3. MOONS

1.2.5.4. ASTEROIDS

1.2.5.5. GRAVITATION

1.3. ESS1.C: THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH

1.3.1. CYCLES

1.3.1.1. DAY AND NIGHT

1.3.1.2. VOLCANOS

1.3.1.3. EARTHQUAKES

1.3.1.4. EROSION

1.3.2. EARTH HAS CHANGED OVER TIME

1.3.2.1. PATTERNS HELP RECONSTRUCT EARTH'S RECENT CLIMATE HISTORY

1.3.3. GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE

1.3.3.1. EARTH'S HISTORY

1.3.3.1.1. ROCK STRATA

1.3.3.1.2. FORMATION OF MOUNTAINS

1.3.3.1.3. FORMATION OF OCEAN BASINS

1.3.3.1.4. EVOLUTION

1.3.3.1.5. EXTINCTION

1.3.3.1.6. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

1.3.3.1.7. MASSIVE GLACIATION

1.3.3.1.8. WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS

2. ESS2: EARTH'S SYSTEMS

2.1. ESS2.A: EARTH MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS

2.1.1. LANDFORMS

2.1.1.1. CHANGE

2.1.1.2. PROVIDE HOMES FOR LIVING THINGS

2.1.2. EARTH'S MAJOR SYSTEMS

2.1.2.1. GEOSPHERE

2.1.2.2. HYDROSPHERE

2.1.2.3. ATMOSPHERE

2.1.2.4. BIOSPHERE

2.1.3. ENERGY

2.1.3.1. DERIVED FROM THE SUN AND EARTH'S HOT INTERIOR

2.1.3.2. PRODUCE CHEMICAL CHANGES

2.1.3.3. PRODUCE PHYSICAL CHANGES

2.1.4. SYSTEMS SHAPED EARTH'S HISTORY AND DETERMINE ITS FUTURE

2.2. ESS2.B: PLATE TECTONICS AND LARGE-SCALE SYSTEM INTERACTIONS

2.2.1. MAPS

2.2.1.1. HELP LOCATE THE DIFFERENT LAND AND WATER FEATURES

2.2.2. THEORY

2.2.2.1. EXPLAINS PAST AND CURRENT MOVEMENT

2.2.3. PLATE MOVEMENT CHANGE EARTH'S FEATURES

2.2.4. MAPS OF ANCIENT LAND AND WATER PATTERNS SHOW HOW EARTH'S PLATES HAVE MOVED

2.3. ESS2.C: THE ROLES OF WATER IN EARTH'S SURFACE PROCESSES

2.3.1. WATER

2.3.1.1. FOUND ALMOST EVERYWHERE ON EARTH

2.3.1.1.1. VAPOR, FOG, CLOUDS, RAIN, SNOW, ICE, RUNNING WAER, OCEAN, UNDER GROUND, GLACIERS

2.3.1.2. MOVES ROCKS AND SOIL

2.3.1.3. CYCLES AMONG LAND, OCEAN, ATMOSPHERE

2.3.2. WEATHER PATTERNS

2.3.2.1. BASED ON WATER, WINDS, LANDFORMS, OCEAN TEMPERATURES AND CURRENTS

2.3.3. EROSION CHANGES LAND FORMATIONS ON LAND AND UNDERGROUND

2.4. ESS2.D: WEATHER AND CLIMATE

2.4.1. COMBINATION OF SUNLIGHT, WIND, SNOW OR RAIN, TEMPERATURE, OCEAN, THE ATMOSPHERE, ICE, LANDFORMS, LIVING THINGS, LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE

2.4.2. RECORDED TO MAKE PREDICTIONS

2.4.3. CLIMATE

2.4.3.1. DESCRIBES THE RANGES OF AN AREA'S TYPICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

2.4.4. OCEAN

2.4.4.1. INFLUENCES WEATHER AND CLIMATE

2.4.4.2. ABSORBS EVERGY FROM SUN, RELEASES OVER TIME, AND REDISTRIBUTES IT THROUGH OCEAN CURRENTS

2.4.5. GREENHOUSE GASES

2.4.5.1. ABSORB AND RETAIN ENERGY

2.4.5.2. REGULATE EARTH'S SURFACE TEMPERATURE

2.5. ESS2.E: BIOGEOLOGY

2.5.1. PLANTS AND ANIMALS

2.5.1.1. DEPEND ON LAND, WATER, AND AIR

2.5.1.2. CAN CHANGE THEIR ENVIRONMENT

2.5.2. ROCKS AND MINERALS FORMED FROM REMAINS OF ORGANISMS

2.5.3. EVOLUTION

2.5.3.1. CHANGES THE RATE OF WEATHERING AND EROSION

2.5.4. EXTINCTION

2.5.4.1. SUDDEN CHANGES

2.5.4.1.1. ALLOW OTHER LIFE FORMS TO FLOURISH

3. ESS3: EARTH AND HUMAN ACTIVITY

3.1. ESS3.A: NATURAL RESOURCES

3.1.1. HUMANS DEPEND ON THEM

3.1.2. RENEWABLE

3.1.3. SOME ARE NOT RENEWABLE

3.1.4. EXAMPLES

3.1.4.1. FRESH WATER

3.1.4.2. MINERALS

3.1.4.3. AIR

3.1.4.4. COPPER

3.1.4.5. IRON

3.2. ESS3.B: NATRUAL HAZARDS

3.2.1. EARTHQUAKES

3.2.2. TSUNAMIS

3.2.3. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

3.2.4. FLOODS

3.2.5. COASTAL EROSION

3.2.6. SEVERE WEATHER

3.2.7. MAPPING HISTORY HELP FORECAST LOCATIONS AND LIKELIHOODS OF FUTURE EVENTS

3.3. ESS3.C: HUMAN IMPACTS ON EARTH SYSTEMS

3.3.1. NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE

3.3.2. CHANGE/ALTERED

3.3.2.1. BIOSPHERE

3.3.2.2. HABITATS

3.3.2.3. LAND

3.3.2.4. VEGETATION

3.3.2.5. STREAMS

3.3.2.6. OCEAN

3.3.2.7. AIR

3.3.2.8. OUTERSPACE

3.3.3. REDUCE! REUSE! RECYCLE!

3.4. ESS3.D: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

3.4.1. EARTH'S GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO RISE

3.4.2. GREENHOUSE GASES ARE A MAJOR FACTOR

3.4.3. HUMAN ACTIVITY

3.4.3.1. NEED TO MAKE WISELY DECISIONS