Developing and Using Models
Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
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Grade: High School (9-12)
Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to form continental and ocean-floor features.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the life span of the sun and the role of nuclear fusion in the sun’s core to release energy that eventually reaches Earth in the form of radiation.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Use a model to illustrate the role of cellular division (mitosis) and differentiation in producing and maintaining complex organisms.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)