Continent Formation CER

Below is a model of the section of the ocean crust between the North American continent and the Eurasian continent. Points A-F
represent the age of the crust at that point.

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What is the significance of the patterns of ages of the bedrock on different sides of a ridge?
● Write a claim that for the most likely cause of rock B and E being the same age.
● Support your claim with specific data from the figures and your knowledge of plate tectonics.
● Share your reasoning.

Claim: The rock (B and E) is about the same age since its the same distance from the middle.

Evidence: As you can see the crack in the middle that separates them is “the middle” and they are the same distance from it
just on the other side. It is also all moving at the same speed and its starts as magma and then when it goes up it
turns into the rock and then it goes in and goes out it goes in and goes out and ect.

Reasoning: Under what you can't see from the picture is that its melting and turning into magma and going in and spreading
out at the same speed so they are the same age from the middle

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Claim
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A conclusion that answers the
original question.
4 Students make a quantitative
and/or qualitative claim
regarding the relationship
between dependent and
independent variables if
applicable.
3 Makes a claim that answers the
question.
2 Makes a claim that partially
answers the question.
1 Makes a claim.
0 Does not make any claim.
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Science Common Assessment Rubric
Evidence
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Scientific data that supports
the claim. The data needs to
be appropriate and sufficient
to support the claim.
Provides three or more complete
and specific quantitative data
points as evidence to support the
claim.
Provides two specific data
examples as evidence to support
the claim.
Provides one specific data
example as evidence to support
the claim.
Provides evidence to support the
claim.
No evidence is provided at all.
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Reasoning
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A justification that links the claim and evidence. It
shows why the data counts as evidence by using
appropriate and sufficient scientific principles.
Includes specific and appropriate scientific principles
from the class-based learning to link all pieces of the
evidence cited to the claim.
Includes some scientific principles from the
class-based learning to link all pieces of the evidence
cited to the claim.
Links all pieces of evidence to the claim.
Links some of the evidence to the claim.
No reasoning is provided to link evidence to the claim.