Earth Structure Utah State Core Curriculum Standard II- Earth Structure - Students will understand the relationship between properties of matter and Earth's structure.
These assignments will help you understand Earth's structure and how density of materials plays a role in the layers we find and activity within those layers.
Standard:Standard 2: Students will understand the relationship between properties of matter and
Earth’s structure.
Objective:Objective 1: Examine the effects of density and particle size on the behavior of materials in
mixtures.
Indicator:a. Compare the density of various objects to the density of known earth materials.
Indicator:b. Calculate the density of earth materials (e.g., rocks, water, air).
Indicator:c. Observe and describe the sorting of earth materials in a mixture based on density and
particle size (e.g., sorting grains of sand of the same size with different densities, sort
materials of different particle size with equal densities).
Indicator:d. Relate the sorting of materials that can be observed in streambeds, road cuts, or beaches to
the density and particle size of those materials.
Indicator:e. Design and conduct an experiment that provides data on the natural sorting of various earth
materials.
Objective:Objective 2: Analyze how density affects Earth's structure.
Indicator:a. Compare the densities of Earth's atmosphere, water, crust, and interior layers.
Indicator:b. Relate density to the relative positioning of Earth’s atmosphere, water, crust, and interior.
Indicator:c. Model the layering of Earth's atmosphere, water, crust, and interior due to density
differences.
Indicator:d. Distinguish between models of Earth with accurate and inaccurate attributes.
Standard:Standard 2: Students will understand the relationship between properties of matter and
Earth’s structure.
Objective:Objective 1: Examine the effects of density and particle size on the behavior of materials in
mixtures.
Indicator:a. Compare the density of various objects to the density of known earth materials.
Indicator:b. Calculate the density of earth materials (e.g., rocks, water, air).
Indicator:c. Observe and describe the sorting of earth materials in a mixture based on density and
particle size (e.g., sorting grains of sand of the same size with different densities, sort
materials of different particle size with equal densities).
Indicator:d. Relate the sorting of materials that can be observed in streambeds, road cuts, or beaches to
the density and particle size of those materials.
Indicator:e. Design and conduct an experiment that provides data on the natural sorting of various earth
materials.
Objective:Objective 2: Analyze how density affects Earth's structure.
Indicator:a. Compare the densities of Earth's atmosphere, water, crust, and interior layers.
Indicator:b. Relate density to the relative positioning of Earth’s atmosphere, water, crust, and interior.
Indicator:c. Model the layering of Earth's atmosphere, water, crust, and interior due to density
differences.
Indicator:d. Distinguish between models of Earth with accurate and inaccurate attributes.
Standard:Standard 2: Students will understand the relationship between properties of matter and
Earth’s structure.
Objective:Objective 1: Examine the effects of density and particle size on the behavior of materials in
mixtures.
Indicator:a. Compare the density of various objects to the density of known earth materials.
Indicator:b. Calculate the density of earth materials (e.g., rocks, water, air).
Indicator:c. Observe and describe the sorting of earth materials in a mixture based on density and
particle size (e.g., sorting grains of sand of the same size with different densities, sort
materials of different particle size with equal densities).
Indicator:d. Relate the sorting of materials that can be observed in streambeds, road cuts, or beaches to
the density and particle size of those materials.
Indicator:e. Design and conduct an experiment that provides data on the natural sorting of various earth
materials.
Objective:Objective 2: Analyze how density affects Earth's structure.
Indicator:a. Compare the densities of Earth's atmosphere, water, crust, and interior layers.
Indicator:b. Relate density to the relative positioning of Earth’s atmosphere, water, crust, and interior.
Indicator:c. Model the layering of Earth's atmosphere, water, crust, and interior due to density
differences.
Indicator:d. Distinguish between models of Earth with accurate and inaccurate attributes.
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