Earth Sciences Standards Preview Standard Set 3. Earth Sciences 3. Earth is made of materials that have distinct properties and provide resources for human activities. As the basis for understanding this concept: 3.a. Students know how to compare the physical properties of different kinds of rocks and know that rock is composed of different combinations of minerals. 3.c. Students know that soil is made partly from weathered rock and partly from organic materials and that soils differ in their color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many kinds of plants. 3.e. Students know rock, water, plants, and soil provide many resources, including food, fuel, and building materials, that humans use. by Mary Beth Spann 3.b. Students know smaller rocks come from the breakage and weathering of larger rocks. Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Draw Conclusions Text Features Captions Labels Glossary Science Content Natural Resources Scott Foresman Science 2.6 ISBN 0-328-23511-3 ì<(sk$m)=cdfb h< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U Vocabulary fuel luster minerals natural resources rock soil weathering Picture Credits Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson. ISBN: 0-328-23511-3 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview,

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