Sunshine State Standards -- Grade Level Expectations for Earth Science Grade 7

Processes that Shape the Earth

The student knows that mechanical and chemical activities shape and reshape the Earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas, sometimes in seasonal layers.

1. knows the relationship between run-off and the development of a river system.
• Runoff
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3g.asp
  
• Rivers and Streams
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5b.asp
  
• Rivers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9c.asp
  

2. understands the action of ground water to form aquifers, caverns, and sinkholes.
• Groundwater
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3e.asp
  
• Groundwater
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5c.asp
  
• Glaciers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9b.asp
  

3. knows the ways in which the Earth's surface is eroded and reshaped (for example, weathering, erosion, deposition).
• Runoff
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3g.asp
  
• Continental Margins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4d.asp
  
• Lakes, Swamps, and Marshes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5a.asp
  
• Rivers and Streams
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5b.asp
  
• Weathering and Soils
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8.asp
  
• Weathering Processes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8a.asp
  
• Rivers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9c.asp
  

1. understands that fossils are used to predict and explain the similarities and differences of organisms that lived in the past and compare them with those living today.

1. understands that changes on the surface of the Earth affect living systems.
• Oceanic Ice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4f.asp
  
• Surface Water Systems and Society
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5e.asp
  
• Climate Zones
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/7a.asp
  
• Precipitation Factors
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/7c.asp
  
• Climatic Change
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/7d.asp
  
• Early Earth History
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/10d.asp
  
• Middle to Recent History
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/10e.asp
  
• The Living Earth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/11.asp
  
• Our Role in Earth's Future AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/12.asp
  

1. knows the ways in which living things reshape the landscape (for example, bacteria, fungi, worms, rodents, and other organisms add organic matter to the soil, increasing soil fertility, encouraging plant growth, and strengthening resistance to erosion).
• Continental Margins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4d.asp
  
• Lakes, Swamps, and Marshes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5a.asp
  
• Soil Formation and Composition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8b.asp
  
• Soil Characteristics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8c.asp
  

1. uses a geologic timeline to illustrate the occurrence of processes on Earth.
• Geologic Time Scale
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/10a.asp
  

Standard 2: The student understands the need for protection of the natural systems on Earth. (SC.D.2.3)

The student understands that quality of life is relevant to personal experience.

1. knows ways to conserve and recycle resources (for example, develops and uses a personal action plan to use recyclable materials whenever possible).
• Natural Resources: Use and Re-Use
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/12b.asp
  

1. knows roles of various public and private environmental agencies (for example, Florida Water Management Districts, Environmental Protection Agency).
• Natural Resources: Use and Re-Use
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/12b.asp
  

Earth and Space

The student understands the vast size of our Solar System and the relationship of the planets and their satellites.

1. knows the relative sizes of planets.
• Earth Within the Solar System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1.asp
  
• Evolution of the Solar-Centric Model
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1a.asp
  
• Earth's Location and its Effects
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1b.asp
  

2. understands the distances of the planets and the asteroid belt from the Sun are vast.
• Earth Within the Solar System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1.asp
  
• Earth's Location and its Effects
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1b.asp
  
• The Reasons for Seasons
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2d.asp
  

3. understands the relationship between the phases of the Moon and the positions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun as the Moon revolves around the Earth.
• Fly Me to the Moon
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1e.asp
  

4. understands the revolution and rotation of the Moon relative to the Earth, and knows that the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth.
• Fly Me to the Moon
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1e.asp
  
• Tidal Force
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2c.asp
  

5. understands that the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it rotates causes seasonal changes.
• The Spin We're In
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2a.asp
  
• Night and Day
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2b.asp
  
• The Reasons for Seasons
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2d.asp
  

1. knows characteristics of the inner planets and outer planets.
• Troposphere: All Mixed Up
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/6b.asp
  

2. knows basic features of the Moon and the moons of other planets.
• Fly Me to the Moon
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1e.asp
  
• Tidal Force
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2c.asp
  

1. knows some of the constellations of stars in the sky.

2. knows why stars appear to move across the sky.

1. knows the life cycle of a star.

2. knows the process used to determine the age of a star.