4-ESS1-1 | Evidence From Rock Formations and Fossils · NYS standard
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Clarification statement: Examples of evidence from patterns could include rock layers with marine shell fossils above rock layers with plant fossils and no shells, indicating a change from land to water over time; tilted rock layers indicate past crustal movement; glacial scratches on rock formations indicating glacier movement; and, a canyon with different rock layers in the walls and a river in the bottom, indicating that over time a river cut through the rock.
Assessment boundary: Assessment does not include specific knowledge of the mechanism of rock formation or memorization of specific rock formations and layers. Assessment is limited to relative time.
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- canyon
- change over time
- crustal movement
- evidence
- explanation
- fossil
- glacial scratch
- glacier
- glacier movement
- landscape
- marine shell fossil
- mechanism of rock formation
- plant fossil
- relative time
- river
- rock formation
- rock layer
- tilted rock layer
- water
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