The student knows that there are recognizable patterns and processes on Earth.

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The student is expected to model and describe the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels;

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Earth & Space - Resources, Rocks / Sediments, Weathering

2.11.A distinguish between natural and manmade resources;

3.10.B investigate and explain how soils such as sand and clay are formed by weathering of rock and by decomposition of plant and animal remains

3.11.A explore and explain how humans use natural resources such as in construction, in agriculture, in transportation, and to make products;

4.11.A identify and explain advantages and disadvantages of using Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources such as wind, water, sunlight, plants, animals, coal, oil, and natural gas;

4.11.C determine the physical properties of rocks that allow Earth's natural resources to be stored there

6.10.C describe how metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks form and change through geologic processes in the rock cycle

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