NSES Content Standard F
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Natural hazards Grades 5-8, page 168 Internal and external processes of the Earth system cause natural hazards,
events that change or destroy human and wildlife habitats, damage property,
and harm or kill humans. Natural hazards include earthquakes, landslides,
wildfires, volcanic eruptions, floods, storms, and even possible impacts
of asteroids.
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Benchmark 4C The Physical Setting: Processes
that Shape the Earth
Grades 6-8, page 73
The interior of the earth is hot. Heat flow and movement of material
within the earth cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and create mountains
and ocean basins. Gas and dust from large volcanoes can change the atmosphere.