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McREL Benchmarks Below (Click here to compare with state standards.)
| Click here for Science Friday Kids' Connection Resource Pages linked to this benchmark. | McREL Benchmark 2. Knows the processes involved in the water cycle (e.g., evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface run-off, percolation) and their effects on climatic patterns (benchmark details) |
| Click here for Science Friday Kids' Connection Resource Pages linked to this benchmark. | McREL Benchmark 4. Knows factors that can impact the Earth's climate (e.g., changes in the composition of the atmosphere; changes in ocean temperature; geological shifts such as meteor impacts, the advance or retreat of glaciers, or a series of volcanic eruptions) (benchmark details) |
| Click here for Science Friday Kids' Connection Resource Pages linked to this benchmark. | McREL Benchmark 5. Knows how the tilt of the Earth's axis and the Earth's revolution around the Sun affect seasons and weather patterns (i.e., heat falls more intensely on one part or another of the Earth's surface during its revolution around the Sun) (benchmark details) |
| Click here for Science Friday Kids' Connection Resource Pages linked to this benchmark. | McREL Benchmark 6. Knows ways in which clouds affect weather and climate (e.g., precipitation, reflection of light from the Sun, retention of heat energy emitted from the Earth's surface) (benchmark details) |
McREL Benchmarks Above (Click here to compare with state standards.)