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Science (2015) Grade(s): 4

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Explore information to support the claim that landforms are the result of a combination of constructive forces, including crustal deformation, volcanic eruptions, and sediment deposition as well as a result of destructive forces, including erosion and weathering.

Unpacked Content

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and Effect

Knowledge

Students know:

Continents and other landforms are continually being shaped and reshaped by competing constructive and destructive geological processes.

Skills

Students are able to:

Compare and/or combine information across complex texts and/or other reliable sources to support the claim that landforms are the result of both constructive and destructive forces.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Changes in Earth's surface are caused by both constructive and destructive forces.

Vocabulary

landform
crustal deformation
sediment
deposition
erosion
weathering
topography
volcanoes
earthquakes
continental boundaries
trenches
ocean floor structures
constructive forces
destructive forces
eruption
geological processes

Aligned Learning Resources

Lava Layering: Constructive Forces

Investigating Erosion

How Glaciers Change the World

Chemical Weathering of Rocks

Physical Weathering at Work

Landforms StudyJam

Weathering and Erosion StudyJam

Fast and Slow Changes on Earth's Surface

Design by Adaptive Theme