Clarification Statement - S.HS.ESS.3.6.CS:
Examples of Earth systems to be considered could include the hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and/or biosphere. An example of the far-reaching impacts from a human activity is how an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in an inc

Assessment Boundary - S.HS.ESS.3.6.AB:
Assessment does not include running computational representations but is limited to using the published results of scientific computational models.

Science and Engineering Practices - 9-12.SEP5.4:
Use mathematical representations of phenomena or design solutions to describe and/or support claims and/or explanations.

Disciplinary Core Ideas - S.HS.ESS.3.6.DCI:
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate •Current models predict that, although future regional climate changes will be complex and varied, average global temperatures will continue to rise. The outcomes predicted by global climate models strongly depend on the amounts of human-generated greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year and by the ways in which these gases are absorbed by the ocean and biosphere. (secondary to HS-ESS3-6) ESS3.D: Global Climate Change •Through computer simulations and other studies, important discoveries are still being made about how the ocean, the atmosphere, and the biosphere interact and are modified in response to human activities.

Crosscutting Concepts - CC3.6:
When investigating or describing a system, the boundaries and initial conditions of the system need to be defined and their inputs and outputs analyzed and described using models.