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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: MA Climate-related standards K-HS, 5. Differentiate between observed characteristics of plants and animals that are fully inherited (e.g., color of flower, shape of leaves, color of eyes, number of appendages) and characteristics that are affected by the climate or environment (e.g., browning of leaves due to too much sun, language spoken). 7. Give examples of how changes in the environment (drought, cold) have caused some plants and animals to die or move to new locations (migration).,, 3. Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through the earth’s system. 1.2. Describe the characteristics of electromagnetic radiation and give examples of its impact on life and Earth’s systems., 4. Explain the relationship among the energy provided by the sun, the global patterns of atmospheric movement, and the temperature differences among water, land, and atmosphere. 1.7. Explain the dynamics of oceanic currents, including upwelling, deep-water currents, the Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream, and their relationship to global circulation within the marine environment and climate., 3. Describe the weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. 11. Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun result in an uneven heating of the earth, which in turn causes the seasons., 3. Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through the earth’s system. 4. Explain the relationship among the energy provided by the sun, the global patterns of atmospheric movement, and the temperature differences among water, land, and atmosphere., 6.2 Describe the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of frequency and wavelength, and identify the locations of radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet), ultraviolet rays, x-rays, and gamma rays on the spectrum. 1.2. Describe the characteristics of electromagnetic radiation and give examples of its impact on life and Earth’s systems., 7. Give examples of how changes in the environment (drought, cold) have caused some plants and animals to die or move to new locations (migration). 17. Identify ways in which ecosystems have changed throughout geologic time in response to physical conditions, interactions among organisms, and the actions of humans. Describe how changes may be catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions or ice storms., 4. Explain the relationship among the energy provided by the sun, the global patterns of atmospheric movement, and the temperature differences among water, land, and atmosphere. 11. Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun result in an uneven heating of the earth, which in turn causes the seasons., 3. Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through the earth’s system. 1.3. Explain how the transfer of energy through radiation, conduction, and convection contributes to global atmospheric processes, such as storms, winds, and currents., 3. Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through the earth’s system. 1.1. Identify Earth’s principal sources of internal and external energy, such as radioactive decay, gravity, and solar energy., 6. Explain how air temperature, moisture, wind speed and direction, and precipitation make up the weather in a particular place and time. 7. Distinguish among the various forms of precipi- tation (rain, snow,sleet, and hail), making connec- tions to the weather in a particular place and time., 8. Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation. 4. Explain the relationship among the energy provided by the sun, the global patterns of atmospheric movement, and the temperature differences among water, land, and atmosphere.,, 4. Explain the relationship among the energy provided by the sun, the global patterns of atmospheric movement, and the temperature differences among water, land, and atmosphere. 1.4. Provide examples of how the unequal heating of Earth and the Coriolis effect influence global circulation patterns, and show how they impact Massachusetts weather and climate (e.g., global winds, convection cells, land/sea breezes, mountain/valley breezes)., 3.5. Describe the processes of the hydrologic cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff and groundwater percolation, infiltration, and transpiration. 6.4a. Explain how water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in an ecosystem., 14. Recognize that heat is a form of energy and that temperature change results from adding or taking away heat energy from a system. 3. Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through the earth’s system., 11. Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun result in an uneven heating of the earth, which in turn causes the seasons. 1.4. Provide examples of how the unequal heating of Earth and the Coriolis effect influence global circulation patterns, and show how they impact Massachusetts weather and climate (e.g., global winds, convection cells, land/sea breezes, mountain/valley breezes)., 10. Describe how water on earth cycles in different forms and in different locations, including underground and in the atmosphere. 11. Give examples of how the cycling of water, both in and out of the atmosphere, has an effect on climate., 10. Describe how water on earth cycles in different forms and in different locations, including underground and in the atmosphere. 3.5. Describe the processes of the hydrologic cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff and groundwater percolation, infiltration, and transpiration.