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title: "SES6: Life Shaping Earth's Systems (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SES6
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SES6
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SES6.md
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# SES6: Life Shaping Earth's Systems

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how life on Earth responds to and shapes Earth's systems.

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

## Expectations

- **SES6.a**: Construct an argument from evidence that describes how life has responded to major events in Earth's history (e.g., major climatic change, tectonic events) through extinction, migration, and/or adaptation.
- **SES6.b**: Construct an explanation that describes how biological processes have caused major changes in Earth's systems through geologic time (e.g., nutrient cycling, atmospheric composition, and soil formation).
- **SES6.c**: Ask questions to investigate and communicate how humans depend on Earth's land and water resources, which are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past geological and environmental processes.
- **SES6.d**: Analyze and interpret data that relates changes in global climate to natural and anthropogenic modification of Earth's atmosphere and oceans.

## 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.