Thinking in Change

Level 4

Quantifying and Modeling Change

 

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Change and rates of change can be quantified and modeled over very short or very long periods of time. Some system changes are irreversible.

TERMS

  • Change - to become different

  • Irreversible - not able to be undone or altered

  • Model - a simplified representation of a system

  • Quantify - to express or measure the quantity (number) of

  • Rates of change - the speed with which something moves, happens, or changes.

  • System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together

HS-ESS2-1 / HS-ESS3-5 / HS-ESS3-3