| TEKS | Student Expectations | Keywords | Subject Headings |
| 112.49.c.1.A | Demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations | | |
| 112.49.c.1.B | Make wise choices in the use and conservation of resources and the disposal or recycling of materials | | |
| 112.49.c.2.A | Plan and implement investigative procedures including asking questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting equipment and technology | | |
| 112.49.c.2.B | Collect data and make measurements with precision | | |
| 112.49.c.2.C | Organize, analyze, evaluate, make inferences, and predict trends from data | | |
| 112.49.c.2.D | Communicate valid conclusions | | |
| 112.49.c.3.A | Analyze, review, and critique scientific explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientific evidence and information | | |
| 112.49.c.3.B | Draw inferences based on data related to promotional materials for products and services | | |
| 112.49.c.3.C | Evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society, and the environment | | |
| 112.49.c.3.D | Describe the connections between geology, meteorology, oceanography, and future careers | | |
| 112.49.c.3.E | Research and describe the history of geology, meteorology, oceanography, and contributions of scientists | | |
| 112.49.c.4.A | Research and describe the Earth's unique placement in the solar system | | |
| 112.49.c.4.B | Analyze conditions on Earth that enable organisms to survive | | |
| 112.49.c.5.A | Research and describe the historical development of scientific theories of the Earth's formation | | |
| 112.49.c.5.B | Use current theories to design and construct a geologic time scale | | |
| 112.49.c.6.A | Research and describe the historical development of the theories of plate tectonics including continental drift and sea-floor spreading | | |
| 112.49.c.6.B | Analyze the processes that power the movement of the Earth's continental and oceanic plates and identify the effects of this movement including faulting, folding, earthquakes, and volcanic activity | | |
| 112.49.c.6.C | Analyze methods of tracking continental and oceanic plate movement | | |
| 112.49.c.7.A | Demonstrate the density, hardness, streak, and cleavage of particular minerals | | |
| 112.49.c.7.B | Identify common minerals and describe their economic significance | | |
| 112.49.c.7.C | Classify rocks according to how they are formed during a rock cycle | | |
| 112.49.c.7.D | Examine and describe conditions such as depth of formation, rate of cooling, and mineral composition that are factors in the formation of rock types | | |
| 112.49.c.8.A | Distinguish chemical from mechanical weathering and identify the role of weathering agents such as wind, water, and gravity | | |
| 112.49.c.8.B | Identify geologic formations that result from differing weathering processes | | |
| 112.49.c.8.C | Illustrate the role of weathering in soil formation | | |
| 112.49.c.9.A | Research and describe the origin of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas | | |
| 112.49.c.9.B | Analyze issues regarding the use of fossil fuels and other renewable, non-renewable, or alternative energy resources | | |
| 112.49.c.9.C | Analyze the significance and economic impact of the use of fossil fuels and alternative energy resources | | |
| 112.49.c.10.A | Identify the characteristics of a local watershed such as average annual rainfall, run-off patterns, aquifers, locations of river basins, and surface water reservoirs | | |
| 112.49.c.10.B | Analyze the impact of floods, droughts, irrigation, and industrialization on a watershed | | |
| 112.49.c.10.C | Describe the importance and sources of surface and subsurface water | | |
| 112.49.c.11.A | Identify physical characteristics of ocean water including salinity, solubility, heat capacity, colligative properties, and density | | |
| 112.49.c.11.B | Evaluate the effects of tides, tidal bores, and tsunamis | | |
| 112.49.c.11.C | Compare the topography of the ocean floor to the topography of the continents | | |
| 112.49.c.12.A | Identify the atmosphere as a mixture of gases, water vapor, and particulate matter | | |
| 112.49.c.12.B | Analyze the range of atmospheric conditions that organisms will tolerate including types of gases, temperature, particulate matter, and moisture | | |
| 112.49.c.12.C | Determine the impact on the atmosphere of natural events and human activity | | |
| 112.49.c.13.A | Describe the transfer of heat energy at the boundaries between the atmosphere, land masses, and oceans resulting in layers of different temperatures and densities in both the ocean and atmosphere | | |
| 112.49.c.13.B | Identify, describe, and compare climatic zones | | |
| 112.49.c.13.C | Describe the effects of phenomena such as El Niño and the Jet Stream on local weather | | |
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