Objectives:

The student is expected to:

• explain and illustrate the interactions between matter and energy in the water cycle (*6.8-B),
  
• relate the role of oceans to climatic changes (*8.12-B),
  
• predict land features resulting from gradual changes such as mountain building, beach erosion, land subsidence, and continental drift (*8-12-A).
  

* Refers to the Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills for science.