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- Clarification :
Students will identify and/or describe the processes of physical weathering and/or erosion.
Students will compare and contrast the agents and/or the processes of physical weathering and erosion. - Content Limits :
Items may address but will not assess specific landforms resulting from physical weathering and erosion. - Stimulus Attributes :
None specified - Response Attributes :
None specified - Prior Knowledge :
Items may require the student to apply science knowledge described in the NGSSS from lower grades. This benchmark requires prerequisite knowledge from SC.1.E.6.1, SC.1.E.6.3, and SC.2.E.6.1.
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: Earth has a great variety of surface features that are caused by weathering and erosion. Which of the following describes a change due to weathering?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
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Dig into the effects weathering and erosion have had on the shaping of our landscape. Sift through the rocks of our world and how weathering has cut and shaped them and how erosion has transported and molded the surfaces of the Earth.
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Dig into the effects weathering and erosion have had on the shaping of our landscape. Sift through the rocks of our world and how weathering has cut and shaped them and how erosion has transported and molded the surfaces of the Earth.
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