Classify Earth materials
Middle school students classify Earth materials — rocks, minerals, soils, and water — within the context of Earth systems in this hard-level Earth & Space Science worksheet. Teachers can use it to reinforce how different materials cycle through Earth's systems and how scientists categorize them based on origin and composition. The worksheet supports a unit on Earth's structure and the processes that move materials through the geosphere, hydrosphere, and beyond.
Learning objectives
- Classify Earth materials into appropriate categories based on their properties and origin
- Connect specific Earth materials to the systems and processes they are part of
- Explain how Earth materials cycle through the geosphere, hydrosphere, or atmosphere
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