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Answer Key to Land and Water Summative Assessment Item # and Standard 1‐INQC Answer C Notes Criteria for a complete response: 2‐ES2E 3‐ ES2F 4‐ ES2E 5‐ ES2E 6‐ ES2E 7‐ES2B 8‐ES2C ES2F 9‐ES2C 19‐ES2C 11‐ES2D 12‐ES2C Describes two ways runoff affects the land (e.g., soil and plants are eroded and deposited elsewhere, gullies are formed, the water becomes dark. Pre‐test accesses student prior knowledge. Post‐test students should reflect understanding of various solutions to prevent flooding across the road.
C D B D A B D A A Criteria for a complete response: 13‐ES2C 14‐ES2F APPA This question measures the student’s ability to understand that land that is sloped will erode quicker than land that is flat. Student responses should reflect this thinking. d Criteria for a complete response: 15‐ES2B ES2C 16‐ INQF 17‐ES2C ES2F Weathering is the process where weather breaks down rock into smaller pieces. Weathering can make rocks break apart more easily. Erosion is the process where soft or loose rock often caused by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
d Criteria for a complete response: Describes how grass will help conserve the soil, and protect it from weathering or erosion. a 18‐PS2A Criteria for a complete response: 19‐ES2C ES2D Fast‐moving water‐ Upstream or outside of the curves in the stream. Slow‐moving water‐Delta area or inside of the curves in the stream. Erosion‐ Outside curves and straight areas. Deposition‐ Inside curves and in the delta area.
c 20‐PS2A 21‐ PS2A 22‐ PS2A 23‐ PS2A 24‐ PS2A 25‐ PS2A 26‐ PS2A Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff c Alternative Assessment on the Water Cycle. Items 25 and 26 can be interchanged depending on student needs.