Earth's surface undergoes gradual and sudden changes.
Key Concepts:
Developing models
Earth models
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Tools and techniques for studying Earth
The effects of water, wind, and ice
Glaciers
The rock cycle describes how rocks form and change over time.
Key Concepts:
Rocks and minerals
Classes of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Geology tools and techniques
The rock cycle
Describing and interpreting local rock formations
Landforms provide evidence of change.
Key Concepts:
Continental drift
Plate tectonics
Mountain buliding
The fossil record provides evidence of Earth's changes over time.
Key Concepts:
Tracing evidence of geologic change using fossils
methods used to interpret fossils
Geologic time
Understanding fossil evidence