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TEKS 5. The student knows about the formation and history of the Earth. The student is expected to:

(A) research and describe the historical development of scientific theories of the Earth’s formation.

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 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.



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