RTC Examples

Which RTC is represented by the moon phases?

• Scale, racios, and proportions

• Systems and system models

• Patterns

• Cause and effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Annual rainfall in Tuscan, Arizona is an example of which RTC?

• Patterns

• Scale and proportion

• Structure and function

• Energy and matter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The Fibonacci sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...) where each number in a sequence is the sum of the two numbers before it is an example of which RTC?

• Stability and change

• Cause and effect

• Energy and matter

• Proportions and scales

Rachel was so excited to see her best friend Alex back at school. Alex had been out sick with the flu the last couple days. While the two friends were eating lunch together in the cafeteria, Alex offered Rachel a sip of his juice, because he knew it was her favorite flavor (orange!). But because Rachel shared Alex’s drink, she got the flu a week later

• Stability and change

• Cause and effect

• Structure and function

• Matter and energy

When a plant grows towards the light, which RTC is being demonstrated?

• Cause and effect

• Patterns

• Energy and matter

• Structure and function

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which RTC is illustrated by the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation)?

• Stability and change

• Systems and system models

• Patterns

• Cause and effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which RTC is represented by the periodic table of elements?

• Scale, ratios, and proportions

• Patterns

• Cause and effect

• Structure and function

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The trophic levels in an ecosystem are an example that is most closely associated with which of the RTC listed below?

• Cause and effect

• Patterns

• Energy and matter

• Structure and Function

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which RTC is best represented by the lifecycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)?

• Stability and change

• Systems and system models

• Energy and matter

• Proportion

Which RTC is most closely represented by the arrangement of planets in the solar system?

• Cause and effect

• Systems and system models

• Patterns

• Structure and function

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2