Author(s): Sharon Wynne
Series: XAM CSET
Publisher: XAMOnline.com
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 162
Study Tips......Page 6
Testing Tips......Page 9
COMPETENCY 1.0 UNDERSTAND GALAXIES AND STARS.......Page 10
COMPETENCY 2.0 UNDERSTAND SOLAR SYSTEMS.......Page 18
COMPETENCY 3.0 UNDERSTAND PLANETS AND SATELLITES......Page 22
COMPETENCY 4.0 UNDERSTAND TECTONIC PROCESSES......Page 27
COMPETENCY 5.0 UNDERSTAND OCEANS.......Page 35
COMPETENCY 6.0 UNDERSTAND THE ATMOSPHERE.......Page 43
COMPETENCY 7.0 UNDERSTAND EARTH’S ENERGY BUDGETINCLUDING INFLOW AND OUTFLOW.......Page 47
COMPETENCY 8.0 UNDERSTAND CIRCULATION IN THE OCEANS ANDATMOSPHERE.......Page 52
COMPETENCY 9.0 UNDERSTAND CLIMATE VARIATIONS IN TIME ANDSPACE.......Page 58
COMPETENCY 10.0 UNDERSTAND THE ROCK CYCLE.......Page 61
COMPETENCY 11.0 UNDERSTAND THE WATER, CARBON, ANDNITROGEN CYCLES.......Page 65
COMPETENCY 12.0 UNDERSTAND TECTONIC EVOLUTION.......Page 72
COMPETENCY 13.0 IDENTIFY MAJOR ECONOMIC EARTH RESOURCES.......Page 75
COMPETENCY 14.0 EXPLAIN SURFACE PROCESSES.......Page 79
COMPETENCY 15.0 UNDERSTAND NATURAL HAZARDS.......Page 85
COMPTENCY 16.0 UNDERSTAND GEOLOGIC MAPPING.......Page 87
DOMAIN 1. INVESTIGATION AND EXPERIMENTATION......Page 90
DOMAIN 2. NATURE OF SCIENCE......Page 105
DOMAIN 3. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY......Page 113
Sample Test......Page 122
Answer Key......Page 133
Rationales for Sample Questions......Page 134
