MS-ESS2-4: Cycling of Water Through Earth's Systems
Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. (Energy and Matter)
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the ways water changes its state as it moves through the multiple pathways of the hydrologic cycle. Examples of models can be conceptual or physical.
Assessment Boundary: A quantitative understanding of the latent heats of vaporization and fusion is not assessed.
Science Practices
Developing and Using Models
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
Crosscutting Concepts
Energy and Matter
Assessments
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