The student will demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary for the study of ecology.
*Not correlated to State Grade Level Expectations
| 7.1 Understand how living things interact with each other and the environment
| | | 7.1.1 | | define ecological terms relating to ecology and provide examples (including biome, ecosystem, community, population, biotic and abiotic factors, species, niche, environment, decomposer, producer, herbivore, carnivore) | | 7.1.2 | | recognize how an energy pyramid represents energy flow | | 7.1.3 | | label a food chain/web with the appropriate energy role description to illustrate interrelationships | | 7.1.4* | | identify ways that organisms interact (e.g., predator/prey, symbiosis, competition, parasitism, communalism, mutualism) | | 7.1.5* | | identify and compare the ocean's ecosystems | | 7.1.6* | | identify organic ad inorganic resources found in the ocean | | 7.1.7 | | recognize that a change in the environment affects behavior and the quality of life or organisms (e.g., the size, number of diversity of organisms in an area may change as water becomes scarce) | | 7.1.8 | | identify adaptations that aid in species survival (e.g., protective coloration, hibernation, delayed implantation) | | 7.1.9 | | recognize ways in which organisms can affect the environment (e.g., plants and animals reconstituting soil) | | 7.1.10 | | describe the process of succession in ecosystems |
| 7.2 Understand how human beings impact the environment
| | | 7.2.1* | | identify renewable and nonrenewable resources | | 7.2.2* | | list the responsibilities and consequences of human actions on the environment (e.g., farming, transportation, mining, manufacturing, conservation, recycling, banning toxic chemicals) |
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