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9.110 Modeling Internal and Surface Processes Worksheet

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This Physical Science with Earth and Science Science worksheet provides structured practice on 9.110 Modeling Internal and Surface Processes. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Modeling Internal and Surface Processes: MCQ focus: use diagrams or models to explain how internal and surface processes shape continents and ocean-floor features over time. Aligned to NGSS high school Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering Design; NRC/DCI; SEP/CCC; CCSS math/literacy connections; selected CA NGSS, NYSSLS, Florida CPALMS, and Texas TEKS references NGSS HS-ESS2-1, HS-ETS1-4 - NGSS-aligned Modeling Internal and Surface Processes: NGSS: HS-ESS2-1; HS-ETS1-4; NRC/DCI: ESS2.A; ETS1.B; SEP/CCC: Developing models / Scale; Common: RST.9-10.7; MP.4; State refs: CA/NYSSLS same HS-ESS PE family; FL SC.912.E.6; TX Earth Systems 112.49.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which explanation best uses a model to connect Earth's internal and surface processes over geologic time?

AInternal processes build landforms instantly, and surface processes do not change them afterward.

BModels should separate all processes because they never interact in Earth systems.

CInterior energy drives plate motion that changes crust elevation, while weathering, erosion, and deposition redistribute material across the surface.

DSurface processes alone make plates move by pushing continents through ocean water.

Solution & Explanation:The best explanation links energy, matter, and scale. Internal plate processes create or change relief, and surface processes modify and move material over long time spans.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the future-boundary model. Present-day arrows show an oceanic plate converging toward a continent at a trench, and a projected panel shows the same motion continuing for 20 million years. What prediction is most consistent with the model?

AAll erosion will stop because convergence prevents rivers from flowing.

BThe oceanic plate will become less dense than the continent and float over it.

CThe continent must split into a new ridge because any convergence becomes divergence.

DThe trench and volcanic arc may persist while mountains continue to be uplifted and eroded.

Solution & Explanation:If convergence continues, subduction-related features can persist or migrate, and volcanic mountains may keep being uplifted. Surface processes will continue to erode and transport sediment.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A simulation uses a 10-million-year time step to model a landscape, then tries to predict the exact location of each earthquake. What is the main modeling problem?

AEarthquakes are surface weathering processes, so plate models cannot include them at any scale.

BThe time step is suited to long-term deformation, not brief individual earthquake events.

CA longer time step always predicts individual earthquakes more exactly.

DThe model fails because landscapes cannot change over millions of years.

Solution & Explanation:Large time steps can model long-term uplift or deformation, but individual earthquakes happen suddenly and irregularly. The model should match its time scale to the question being asked.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Physical Science with Earth and Science Science students. It aligns with educational standard NGSS HS-ESS2-1, HS-ETS1-4 (NGSS: HS-ESS2-1; HS-ETS1-4; NRC/DCI: ESS2.A; ETS1.B; SEP/CCC: Developing models / Scale; Common: RST.9-10.7; MP.4; State refs: CA/NYSSLS same HS-ESS PE family; FL SC.912.E.6; TX Earth Systems 112.49.).