TEKS 2. The student knows the Earth’s unique characteristics and conditions. The student is expected to:

(A)  plan and implement investigative procedures including asking questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting equipment and technology;

(B) organize, analyze, evaluate, make inferences, and predict trends from data; and

(C) communicate valid conclusions.

TEKS 3  The student knows the Earth’s unique characteristics and conditions. The student is expected to:

(A) analyze, review, and critique scientific explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientific evidence and information;

(C) evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society, and the environment;

TEKS 6. The student knows the processes of plate tectonics. The student is expected to:

(A) research and describe the historical development of the theories of plate tectonics, including continental drift and sea-floor spreading;

(B) 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

(C) analyze methods of tracking continental and oceanic plate movement. 

TEKS 7. The student knows the origin and composition of minerals and rocks and the significance of the rock cycle. The student is expected to:

(C) classify rocks according to how they are formed during a rock cycle; and

(D) examine and describe conditions such as depth of formation, rate of cooling and mineral composition that are factors in the formation of rock types.

TEKS 11.  The student knows characteristics of oceans. The student is expected to:

(C) compare the topography of the ocean floor to the topography of the continents.