Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth's surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
Standard detail
HS-ESS2-2
Performance Expectation
Depth 2Parent ID: EA2C4530DFE60131CA8068A86D17958EStandard set: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Original statement
Quick facts
- Statement code
- HS-ESS2-2
- Standard ID
- EA2D1590DFE60131CA8268A86D17958E
- ASN identifier
- S2454594
- Subject
- Science
- Grades
- 09, 10, 11, 12
- Ancestor IDs
- EA2C4530DFE60131CA8068A86D17958EEA2BD610DFE60131CA7F68A86D17958E
- Source document
- Next Generation Science Standards (2013)
- License
- CC BY 3.0 US
- Dataset notes
Clarification Statement: Examples should include climate feedbacks, such as how an increase in greenhouse gases causes a rise in global temperatures that melts glacial ice, which reduces the amount of sunlight reflected from Earth's surface, increasing surface temperatures and further reducing the amount of ice. Examples could also be taken from other system interactions, such as how the loss of ground vegetation causes an increase in water runoff and soil erosion; how dammed rivers increase groundwater recharge, decrease sediment transport, and increase coastal erosion; or how the loss of wetlands causes a decrease in local humidity that further reduces the wetland extent.