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Subject Area - 4:
Environment and Ecology
  • Standard Area - 4.4: Agriculture and Society
  • Grade Level - 4.4.6: GRADE 6
Standard - 4.4.6.B

Analyze how soil types and geographic regions have impacted agriculture in Pennsylvania.

  • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4

    Ecology

    • Anchor Descriptor - BIO.B.4.1

      Describe ecological levels of organization in the biosphere.

      • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
      • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
    • Anchor Descriptor - BIO.B.4.2

      Describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.

      • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
      • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
      • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
      • 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).
      • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
  • Assessment Anchor - S6.D.1 Earth Features and Processes That Change Earth and Its Resources
    • Anchor Descriptor - S6.D.1.1 Describe how constructive and destructive natural processes can influence different biomes.
      • Eligible Content - S6.D.1.1.1 Describe how soil fertility, composition, resistance to erosion, and texture are affected by many factors.
      • Eligible Content - S6.D.1.1.2 Identify the three basic rock types and describe their formation (i.e., igneous [granite, basalt, obsidian, and pumice]; sedimentary [limestone, sandstone, shale, and coal]; and metamorphic [slate, quartzite, marble, and gneiss]).
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