4-ESS2-1
Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion.
- Clarification Statements:
- Mechanical weathering processes can include frost wedging, abrasion, and tree root wedging.
- Erosion can include movement by blowing wind, flowing water, and moving ice.
- Mechanical weathering processes can include frost wedging, abrasion, and tree root wedging.
- Assessment Boundary:
- Chemical processes are not expected in state assessment.
- Chemical processes are not expected in state assessment.