Related Benchmarks:

• SC.912.E.5.6 - Develop logical connections through physical principles, including Kepler's and Newton's Laws about the relationships and the effects of Earth, Moon, and Sun on each other.
• SC.912.E.7.1 - Analyze the movement of matter and energy through the different biogeochemical cycles, including water and carbon.
• SC.912.E.7.2: Analyze the causes of the various kinds of surface and deep water motion within the oceans and their impacts on the transfer of energy between the poles and the equator.
• C.912.E.7.4 - Summarize the conditions that contribute to the climate of a geographic area, including the relationships to lakes and oceans.
• SC.912.E.7.9: Cite evidence that the ocean has had a significant influence on climate change by absorbing, storing, and moving heat, carbon, and water.

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