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  • TEKS 2. The student knows the Earth’s unique characteristics and conditions. The student is expected to:
    1. plan and implement investigative procedures including asking questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting equipment and technology;
    2. collect data and make measurements with precision;
    3. organize, analyze, evaluate, make inferences, and predict trends from data; and
    4. communicate valid conclusions.

  • TEKS 3. The student knows the Earth’s unique characteristics and conditions. The student is expected to:
    1. analyze, review, and critique scientific explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientific evidence and information;
    2. evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society, and the environment;
    3. describe the connections between geology, meteorology, oceanography, and future careers; and

  • TEKS 6. The student knows the origin and composition of minerals and rocks and the significance of the rock cycle. The student is expected to:
    1. analyze the processes that power the movement of the Earth’s continental and oceanic plates and identify the effects of this movement including faulting, folding, earthquakes, and volcanic activity; and

  • TEKS 9. The student knows the processes and end products of weathering. The student is expected to:
    1. research and describe the origin of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas;

  • TEKS 11. The student knows characteristics of oceans. The student is expected to:
    1. identify physical characteristics of ocean water including salinity, solubility, heat capacity, colligative properties, and density; and
    2. compare the topography of the ocean floor to the topography of the continents.


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