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Subject Area - 4:
Environment and Ecology
Environment and Ecology
- Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
- Grade Level - 4.2.5: GRADE 5
Standard - 4.2.5.A
Explain the water cycle.
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Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4
Ecology
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Anchor Descriptor - BIO.B.4.1
Describe ecological levels of organization in the biosphere.
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Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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Anchor Descriptor - BIO.B.4.2
Describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.
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Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
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Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
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Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
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Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
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Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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Assessment Anchor - S5.D.1 Earth Features and Processes That Change Earth and Its Resources
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.D.1.1 Describe constructive and destructive natural processes that form different geologic structures and resources.
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Eligible Content - S5.D.1.1.1 Differentiate between abrupt changes in Earth’s surface (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes, meteor impacts, landslides) and gradual changes in Earth’s surface (e.g., lifting up of mountains, wearing away by erosion).
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Eligible Content - S5.D.1.1.2 Explain how geological processes observed today (e.g., erosion, changes in the composition of the atmosphere, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes) are similar to those in the past.
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.D.1.2 Describe characteristic features of Earth’s water systems and their impact on resources.
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Eligible Content - S5.D.1.2.1 Identify physical, chemical, and biological factors that affect water quality.
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Eligible Content - S5.D.1.2.2 Describe the importance of wetlands in an ecosystem.
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Assessment Anchor - S5.D.2 Weather, Climate, and Atmospheric Processes
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.D.2.1 Differentiate between weather and climate.
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Eligible Content - S5.D.2.1.1 Explain how the cycling of water into and out of the atmosphere impacts climatic patterns.
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Eligible Content - S5.D.2.1.2 Explain the effects of oceans and lakes on climate.
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