Standards
Grade 6 Focus on Earth Science
Shaping the Earth's Surface
2. Topography is reshaped by weathering of rock
and soil and by the transportation
and deposition of
sediment. As the basis for understanding this concept, students
know:
a. water running
downhill is the dominant process in shaping the landscape,
including California's landscape.
d. earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, landslides, and floods change human and
wildlife habitats.
California Geology (9-12)
9. The geology of California underlies the state's wealth of natural
resources as well as
its natural hazards. As a basis for
understanding this concept, students know:
b. the principal natural hazards in different
California regions, and the geological basis
of those hazards.