GA Standards for 6th Grade Earth Science

S6E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved.

S6E2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of the relative positions of the sun, Earth, and moon.

S6E3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to recognize the significant role of water in Earth processes.

S6E4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the sun, land, and water affect climate and weather.

S6E5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to show how Earth’s surface is formed.

S6E6. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the uses and conservation of various natural resources and how they impact the Earth.

Content Focus: Weathering and Erosion

Standards

S6E5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to show how Earth’s surface is formed.
d. Ask questions to identify types of weathering, agents of erosion and transportation, and environments of deposition. (Clarification statement: Environments of deposition include deltas, barrier islands, beaches, marshes, and rivers.)
e. Develop a model to demonstrate how natural processes (weathering, erosion, and deposition) and human activity change rocks and the surface of the Earth.

Vocabulary

  • Weathering
  • Physical Weathering
  • Chemical Weathering
  • Biological Weathering
  • Erosion
  • Deposition
  • Compaction
  • Cementation
  • Rock Cycle
  • Strata

Core Ideas

  • Geologic time scale 
  • Plate tectonics 
  • Rock cycle 
  • Mineral formation 
  • Land feature 
  • Catastrophic events 
  • Weathering  
  • Erosion