Demonstrate understanding of the spatial distribution of a phenomenon and its impacts on place
This standard asks you to understand where a geographic feature (like wetlands or earthquake zones) is located across a region and explain how it affects the places where it exists. You need to describe the pattern of where it appears, explain why it's distributed that way, and discuss what impact it has on local communities and environments.
You describe where the phenomenon is found, identify some factors causing that distribution, describe impacts on place, and use some geographic terms and evidence.
You explain how the factors or processes cause the phenomenon to be distributed as it is, and explain the impacts on place using geographic terminology and evidence to support your ideas.
You examine the factors and processes in depth, make judgements about which impacts are most significant for the place, and develop your explanation using geographic terminology and evidence throughout.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.