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Subject Area - 3:
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
- Standard Area - 3.3: Earth and Space Sciences
- Organizing Category - 3.3.A: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
- Grade Level - 3.3.7.A: GRADE 7
Standard - 3.3.7.A2
Explain land use in relation to soil type and topography.
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Assessment Anchor - S7.D.1 Earth Features and Processes that Change Earth and Its Resources
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Anchor Descriptor - S7.D.1.1 Describe Earth structures and processes that characterize different biomes on Earth.
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Eligible Content - S7.D.1.1.1 Identify and describe soil characteristics (i.e., particle size, porosity, and permeability) of different biomes.
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Eligible Content - S7.D.1.1.2 Explain how fossils are formed and how they can provide evidence about plants and animals that once lived on Earth.
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Anchor Descriptor - S7.D.1.2 Describe characteristic features and significance of Earth’s water systems.
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Eligible Content - S7.D.1.2.1 Compare the different water systems on Earth (e.g., wetland, watershed, ocean, river).
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Eligible Content - S7.D.1.2.2 Compare biotic and abiotic features of freshwater and saltwater systems.
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Eligible Content - S7.D.1.2.3 Describe the importance of water systems on the diversity and distribution of life on Earth.
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Assessment Anchor - S7.D.2 Weather, Climate, and Atmospheric Processes
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Anchor Descriptor - S7.D.2.1 Explain the basic elements of meteorology.
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Eligible Content - S7.D.2.1.1 Explain the effect of wind patterns, circulation of oceans currents, atmospheric pressure, and temperature on weather.
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Eligible Content - S7.D.2.1.2 Describe changes in atmospheric conditions associated with various weather patterns.
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