Demonstrate understanding of physical principles related to the Earth System
This standard asks you to show you understand how physical principles work in Earth's systems. You need to explain how heat moves around (through radiation, convection, and conduction), how light and infrared radiation are absorbed and reflected, and how these processes interact with the atmosphere, oceans, land, and living things.
You describe the basic physical principles of heat transport and radiation behaviour, and identify which parts of the Earth system they affect.
You explain how these physical principles actually work within Earth's systems and show the connections between heat/radiation and specific Earth processes.
You link physical principles comprehensively across Earth's systems, showing how heat transport and radiation interactions create the conditions that drive Earth processes.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.