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Earth's Changing Surface

4th Grade · Science · Easy · about 10 minutes

4-ESS1-1 | Earth's Changing Surface - Easy level

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Standards referenced

• 4-ESS1-1 — Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
• 4-ESS2-2 — Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
• 4-ESS3-2 — Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

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