La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-9774

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XI-9774 - Earths Systems

A. Use a model of Earth to identify that the motion of the mantle and its plates occurs primarily through thermal convection, which is primarily driven by radioactive decay within Earths interior.

B. Identify relationships, using a model, of how the Earth's surface is a complex and dynamic set of interconnected systems (i.e., geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere).

C. Use a model of Earth to identify that the motion of the mantle and its plates occurs primarily through thermal convection, which is primarily driven by radioactive decay within Earths interior.

D. Identify different causes of climate change and results of those changes with respect to the Earths surface temperatures, precipitation patterns or sea levels over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales using a model.

E. Identify a connection between the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials.

F. Investigate the effects of water on Earth materials and/or surface processes.

G. Use a model of photosynthesis to identify that carbon is exchanged between living and nonliving systems.

H. Use a model of cellular respiration to identify that carbon is exchanged between living and nonliving systems.

I. Develop and/or use a quantitative model to identify relative amount of and/or the rate at which carbon is transferred among hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.

J. Identify examples of coevolution of Earth's systems and the evolution of life on Earth.

K. Identify evidence (e.g., causal links and/or feedback mechanisms between changes in the biosphere and changes in Earths other systems) in an argument that there is simultaneous coevolution of Earth's systems and life on Earth.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-9774

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 441435 (8/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.