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 | | recognize that life on earth is dependent upon a continuous supply of energy from the sun | | 7.1.2 | | recognize the effects of biochemical cycles in the survival of living things and recycling of matter (e.g., water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle) | | 7.1.3 | | describe the behavioral responses of different organisms to common stimuli (e.g., temperature, light, pressure and moisture) | | 7.1.4 | | recognize that individual food chains occur within a food web and that both show the flow of energy | | 7.1.5 | | describe ways in which living things reshape the landscape (e.g., bacteria, fungi, worms, add organic matter to soil) | | 7.1.6 | | describe local biotic and abiotic components in an ecosystem and explain how they interact (e.g., pond, lake, field, stream) | | 7.1.7 | | relate biological adaptations such as changes in structures, behaviors and physiology to enhanced reproductive success | | 7.1.8 | | identify consequences resulting from changes in one or more components of an ecosystem (e.g., drought=decreases in acorns=decreases in squirrels) | | 7.1.9 | | list possible causes for a species to become threatened, endangered or extinct (e.g., over-fishing, competition from other species, changes in environment) |
| 7.2 Understand how human beings impact the environment
| | | 7.2.1 | | describe ways that human activities may deliberately or inadvertently alter the equilibrium in the ecosystem (e.g., over-fishing black tip sharks has increased the stingray population) | | 7.2.2 | | list the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels | | 7.2.3 | | describe the roles of public and private environmental agencies (e.g., the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], Florida Water Management District [SWFWMD], Mote Marine Laboratory) | | 7.2.4 | | identify ways to conserve and recycle resources |
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