Learning Domain: From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Standard: Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.

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Learning Domain: From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Standard: Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

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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: From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

Standard: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

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Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Standard: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

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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: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

Standard: Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on illustrating inputs and outputs of matter and the transfer and transformation of energy in photosynthesis by plants and other photosynthesizing organisms. Examples of models could include diagrams, chemical equations, and conceptual models.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific biochemical steps.]

Degree of Alignment: 3 Superior (1 user)

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: Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms

Standard: Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively. [Clarification Statement: Examples of behaviors that affect the probability of animal reproduction could include nest building to protect young from cold, herding of animals to protect young from predators, and vocalization of animals and colorful plumage to attract mates for breeding. Examples of animal behaviors that affect the probability of plant reproduction could include transferring pollen or seeds, and creating conditions for seed germination and growth. Examples of plant structures could include bright flowers attracting butterflies that transfer pollen, flower nectar and odors that attract insects that transfer pollen, and hard shells on nuts that squirrels bury.]

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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 a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on tracing movement of matter and flow of energy.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include the biochemical mechanisms of photosynthesis.]

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Science Domain: Life Sciences

Topic: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

Standard: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.]

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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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