Difference between revisions of "MS-ESS2-1"
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| Level3 = Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. | | Level3 = Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. | ||
| Level2 = Use a model to describe a process that cycles Earth’s materials and/or the flow of energy that drives this process. | | Level2 = Use a model to describe a process that cycles Earth’s materials and/or the flow of energy that drives this process. | ||
| − | | Example2 = [[Questions:Plate Tectonics#q5|Spring 2026 · Q38]] [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q2|Spring 2026 · Q11]] [[Questions:Death Valley#q2|Spring 2024 · Q34]] | + | | Example2 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ms">[[Questions:Plate Tectonics#q5|Spring 2026 · Q38]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ms">[[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q2|Spring 2026 · Q11]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ms">[[Questions:Death Valley#q2|Spring 2024 · Q34]]</span> |
| Level1 = Use a model to identify one process responsible for the formation of sedimentary, igneous and/or metamorphic rocks. | | Level1 = Use a model to identify one process responsible for the formation of sedimentary, igneous and/or metamorphic rocks. | ||
| − | | Example1 = [[Questions:Death Valley#q1|Spring 2024 · Q33]] | + | | Example1 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ms">[[Questions:Death Valley#q1|Spring 2024 · Q33]]</span> |
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 18 October 2026
Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Clarification statement: Emphasis is on the processes of melting, crystallization, weathering, deformation, and sedimentation, which act together to form minerals and rocks through the cycling of Earth’s materials.
Assessment boundary: Assessment does not include the specific identification and naming of minerals and rocks but could include the general classification of rocks as igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary.
Grade 8 Science Test Questions
Released New York State Grade 8 science test questions that assess MS-ESS2-1 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.
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.
- biogeology
- chemical change
- classification of rocks
- crystallization
- cycling of Earth's materials
- deformation
- Earth process
- Earth's interior
- Earth's materials
- energy
- flow of energy
- igneous rock
- internal energy
- living organism
- matter cycling
- melting
- metamorphic rock
- mineral
- model
- physical change
- physical characteristic
- rock
- rock cycle
- sedimentary rock
- sedimentation
- weathering
- cinder – Spring 2024
- cliff – Spring 2026
- compaction – Spring 2026
- condensation – Spring 2024
- convection current – Spring 2026
- deposition – Spring 2026
- desert – Spring 2024
- Earth's surface – Spring 2026
- elevation – Spring 2024
- energy source – Spring 2024
- erosion – Spring 2024
- escarpment – Spring 2026
- evaporation – Spring 2024
- evidence – Spring 2024
- geologic history – Spring 2024
- gravity – Spring 2026
- heat – Spring 2026
- interbedded – Spring 2026
- landform – Spring 2026
- magma – Spring 2026, Spring 2024
- magnetic field – Spring 2024
- mid-ocean ridge – Spring 2026
- molten rock – Spring 2026
- ocean floor – Spring 2026
- oceanic plate – Spring 2026
- particle – Spring 2026
- rock formation – Spring 2026
- rock layer – Spring 2026
- rock strata – Spring 2024
- sea level – Spring 2024
- sediment – Spring 2024
- shallow sea – Spring 2024
- volcanic ash – Spring 2024
- volcano – Spring 2024
- lava – implied by "the processes of melting, crystallization" that form "igneous" rocks (magma is named in the Spring 2026 test)
Performance Level Descriptions
Every Grade 8 Science Test question on MS-ESS2-1 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-ESS2-1.
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NGSS Dimensions
Performance expectation MS-ESS2-1 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:
- Developing and Using Models
- Develop and use a model to describe phenomena.
- ESS2.A: Earth’s Materials and Systems
- All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior. The energy that flows and matter that cycles produce chemical and physical changes in Earth’s materials and living organisms.
- ESS2.E: Biogeology
- Living things affect the physical characteristics of their regions.