Cambridge Lower Secondary PhysicsStage 8 Earth and Space Checklist

Learning objectives

• 8ESp.01I know that the Earth has a magnetic field because its core acts as a magnet.
• 8ESp.02I can identify renewable resources (including wind, tidal and solar power, and bioplastics) and non-renewable resources (including fossil fuels), and describe how humans use them.
• 8ESs.01I can describe a galaxy in terms of stellar dust and gas, stars and planetary systems.
• 8ESs.02I can describe asteroids as rocks smaller than planets, and describe how they formed from rocks left over when a planetary system formed.