Review Materials

Standards of Learning

5.8 The student will investigate and understand that Earth constantly changes. 

     Key ideas include…

a) Earth’s internal energy causes movement of material within the Earth; 

b) plate tectonics describe movement of the crust;  

c) rocks are transformed through the processes of the rock cycle; 

d) processes such as weathering, erosion, and deposition change the surface of the Earth; and 

e) fossils and geologic patterns provide evidence of Earth’s change.