TEKS: Chapter 112. Science See All Teacher Resources

112.37.c.8

Science concepts. The student knows that environments change naturally. The student is expected to:

• (A)  analyze and describe the effects on areas impacted by natural events such as tectonic movement, volcanic events, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, tsunamis, and population growth;

• (B)  explain how regional changes in the environment may have a global effect;

• (C)  examine how natural processes such as succession and feedback loops restore habitats and ecosystems;

• (D)  describe how temperature inversions impact weather conditions, including El Niño and La Niña oscillations; and

• (E)  analyze the impact of temperature inversions on global warming, ice cap and glacial melting, and changes in ocean currents and surface temperatures.