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

MS-ESS3-1 Earth's Natural Resources Distribution

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

Kentucky 8-ESS3-1 uses the same wording.

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