Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Standard: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

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Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Standard: Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species' chances to survive and reproduce.

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Learning Domain: From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Standard: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.

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Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Standard: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

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Science Domain: Life Sciences

Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

Standard: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the diversity of living things in each of a variety of different habitats.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific animal and plant names in specific habitats.]

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Science Domain: Life Sciences

Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms

Standard: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

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Science Domain: Life Sciences

Topic: Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms

Standard: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. [Clarification Statement: Examples of local environmental conditions could include availability of food, light, space, and water. Examples of genetic factors could include large breed cattle and species of grass affecting growth of organisms. Examples of evidence could include drought decreasing plant growth, fertilizer increasing plant growth, different varieties of plant seeds growing at different rates in different conditions, and fish growing larger in large ponds than they do in small ponds.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms, gene regulation, or biochemical processes.]

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Science Domain: Life Sciences

Topic: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

Standard: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on recognizing patterns in data and making warranted inferences about changes in populations, and on evaluating empirical evidence supporting arguments about changes to ecosystems.]

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Science Domain: Life Sciences

Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

Standard: Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on: (1) distinguishing between group and individual behavior, (2) identifying evidence supporting the outcomes of group behavior, and (3) developing logical and reasonable arguments based on evidence. Examples of group behaviors could include flocking, schooling, herding, and cooperative behaviors such as hunting, migrating, and swarming.]

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