ESS.SCI.9.C

Model the processes of mass wasting, erosion, and deposition by water, wind, ice, glaciation, gravity, and volcanism in constantly reshaping Earth's surface.

Earth Systems Science · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022

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Vocabulary
processesmass wastingerosiondepositionwaterwindiceglaciationgravityvolcanismEarth's surface
Skills
  • model (processes of mass wasting, erosion, and deposition) #dok3
  • explain (how water, wind, ice, glaciation, gravity, and volcanism reshape Earth's surface) #dok2
  • identify (agents of Earth surface change) #dok1
  • compare (effects of different surface processes) #dok2
  • analyze (interactions among Earth's surface processes) #dok3
Learning Targets
  • I can identify agents such as water, wind, ice, gravity, and volcanism that reshape Earth's surface. #dok1
  • I can describe and compare the processes of mass wasting, erosion, and deposition. #dok2
  • I can explain how different surface processes interact to reshape Earth's surface. #dok2
  • I can model the processes of mass wasting, erosion, and deposition using diagrams or physical demonstrations. #dok3
  • I can analyze how natural agents continuously change the shape of Earth's surface over time. #dok3
Big Ideas
  • Earth's surface is constantly and dynamically reshaped by multiple geological and environmental processes.
  • Interactions among agents such as water, wind, ice, gravity, and volcanism result in the continuous evolution of landforms through mass wasting, erosion, and deposition.
Essential Questions
  • How do the processes of mass wasting, erosion, and deposition interact to reshape Earth's surface?
  • What roles do water, wind, ice, gravity, and volcanism play in constantly changing the Earth's surface?
  • Why is the Earth's surface never static but always evolving?
  • How can we model and predict the effects of these surface processes on the landscape?
  • What evidence can we observe that demonstrates the impact of these processes over time?