Systems, Models and Patterns

Which Cross-Cutting Concept do you think this picture would provide the best example?

• Stability and Change

• Patterns

• Cause and Effect

• Energy and Matter

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Repeating events or shapes help scientists to organize

• Cause and effect

• Systems and system models

• Patterns

• Energy and matter

Scientists use data to create models of systems that are being studied.

• Change and Stability

• Scale, proportion, and quantity

• Systems and system models

• Energy and Matter

• Cause and Effect

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The class created a replica of the Earth and its different layers to study the properties, the behavior, and the way energy interacts with each level, on a smaller scale. Which CCCs can be used with this example?

• Stability and Change

• Energy and Matter

• Scale Proportion and Quantity

• Structure and Function

• Systems and System Models

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

As we monitor and track the phases of the moon over time we can see that it repeats its phases over a 27 day period. What CCC would we use to help us study this?

• Identifying Patterns

• Cause and Effect

• Structure and Function

• Energy and Matter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following Cross Cutting Concept of systems and systems models is represented in this picture?

• the water cycle

• the carbon cycle

• the nitrogen cycle

• the hydrogen cycle

The carrying capacity in an ecosystem of the following graph is 1000. When the trend on the graph keeps going in a straight line on the graph, this represents balance, which is using what CCC?

• Cause and Effect

• Identifying Patterns

• Structure and Function

• Stability and Change

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Repeating designs or events is an example of _________.

• structure and function

• patterns

• cause and effect

• systems

Which crosscutting concept best helps students make sense of the way the moon looks different during each month?

• Structure and Function

• Energy and Matter

• Patterns

• Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of these is a picture of Cause & Effect?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5