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title: "SES2: Plate Tectonics Overview (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SES2
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SES2
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
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# SES2: Plate Tectonics Overview

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to understand how plate tectonics creates certain geologic features, landforms, Earth materials, and geologic hazards.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SES2.a**: Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes the mechanisms causing plate tectonic motion.
- **SES2.b**: Develop and use models for the different types of plate tectonic settings (convergent, divergent and transform boundaries).
- **SES2.c**: Construct an explanation that communicates the relationship of geologic features, landforms, Earth materials and geologic hazards to each plate tectonic setting.
- **SES2.d**: Ask questions to compare and contrast the relationship between transformation processes of all rock types (sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic) and specific plate tectonic settings.
- **SES2.e**: Construct an argument using multiple forms of evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics (e.g., fossils, paleomagnetism, seafloor age, etc.).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.