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| Level2 = Given a scientific explanation, identify the evidence that shows how past or current geologic processes have contributed to the uneven distribution of Earth’s resources. | | Level2 = Given a scientific explanation, identify the evidence that shows how past or current geologic processes have contributed to the uneven distribution of Earth’s resources. | ||
| Level1 = Given evidence, identify the explanation, from those provided, that supports how one past or current geologic process has contributed to the uneven distribution of Earth’s resources. | | Level1 = Given evidence, identify the explanation, from those provided, that supports how one past or current geologic process has contributed to the uneven distribution of Earth’s resources. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 18 October 2026
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 geologic processes.
Clarification statement: Emphasis is on how these resources are limited and typically non-renewable, and how their distributions are significantly changing as a result of removal by humans. Examples of uneven distributions of resources as a result of past processes could include petroleum (locations of the burial of organic marine sediments and subsequent geologic traps), metal ores (locations of past volcanic and hydrothermal activity associated with subduction zones), and soil (locations of active weathering and/or deposition of rock).
Grade 8 Science Test Questions
Released New York State Grade 8 science test questions that assess MS-ESS3-1 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.
| Exam | Cluster | Question |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 Grade 8 Test | Reservoirs and Town Water Districts | Question 18 |
Vocabulary
Terms from the Middle School Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released Grade 8 Science Test questions that assess it.
- atmosphere
- biosphere
- deposition
- distribution
- energy resource
- evidence
- freshwater
- geologic process
- geologic trap
- groundwater
- groundwater resource
- hydrothermal activity
- metal ore
- mineral
- mineral resource
- natural resource
- non-renewable
- ocean
- ore
- organic marine sediment
- petroleum
- renewable
- resource
- scientific explanation
- sediment
- society
- soil
- subduction zone
- sustainability
- uneven distribution
- volcanic activity
- weathering
- erosion – Spring 2024
- explanation – Spring 2024
- map – Spring 2024
- melting – Spring 2024
- mountain building – Spring 2024
- precipitation – Spring 2024
- reservoir – Spring 2024
- river – Spring 2024
- snow – Spring 2024
- tectonic plate motion – Spring 2024
- treatment plant – Spring 2024
- uplift – Spring 2024
Performance Level Descriptions
Every Grade 8 Science Test question on MS-ESS3-1 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.
Resources
Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of MS-ESS3-1.
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NGSS Dimensions
Performance expectation MS-ESS3-1 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:
- Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
- Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources (including the students’ own experiments) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
- ESS3.A: Natural Resources
- Humans depend on Earth’s land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for many different resources. Minerals, freshwater, and biosphere resources are limited, and many are not renewable or replaceable over human lifetimes. These resources are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past geologic processes.
- Cause and Effect
- Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.