NGSS · Earth & Space Science · Grades 6–8 (Middle School)

MS-ESS2-2 Geoscience Processes Shape Earth's Surface

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.

Kentucky 6-ESS2-2 uses the same wording.

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