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Subject Area - 3:
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
- Standard Area - 3.1: Biological Sciences
- Organizing Category - 3.1.A: Organisms and Cells
- Course - 3.1.B.A: BIOLOGY
Standard - 3.1.B.A8
CHANGE AND CONSTANCY
Recognize that systems within cells and multicellular organisms interact to maintain homeostasis.
PATTERNS
Demonstrate the repeating patterns that occur in biological polymers.
SYSTEMS
Describe how the unique properties of water support life.
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Assessment Anchor - BIO.A.2
The Chemical Basis for Life
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Anchor Descriptor - BIO.A.2.1
Describe how the unique properties of water support life on Earth.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.1.1 Describe the unique properties of water and how these properties support life on Earth (e.g., freezing point, high specific heat, cohesion).
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Anchor Descriptor - BIO.A.2.2
Describe and interpret relationships between structure and function at various levels of biochemical organization (i.e., atoms, molecules, and macromolecules).
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.2.1 Explain how carbon is uniquely suited to form biological macromolecules.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.2.2 Describe how biological macromolecules form from monomers.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.2.3 Compare and contrast the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids in organisms.
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Anchor Descriptor - BIO.A.2.3
Explain how enzymes regulate biochemical reactions within a cell.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.3.1 Describe the role of an enzyme as a catalyst in regulating a specific biochemical reaction.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.3.2 Explain how factors such as pH, temperature, and concentration levels can affect enzyme function.
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Assessment Anchor - BIO.A.4
Homeostasis and Transport
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Anchor Descriptor - BIO.A.4.1
Identify and describe the cell structures involved in transport of materials into, out of and throughout a cell.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.1.1 Describe how the structure of the plasma membrane allows it to function as a regulatory structure and/or protective barrier for a cell.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.1.2 Compare and contrast the mechanisms that transport materials across the plasma membrane (i.e., passive transport -- diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion; active transport -- pumps, endocytosis, exocytosis).
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.1.3 Describe how endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and other membrane-bound cellular organelles facilitate transport of materials within cells.
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Anchor Descriptor - BIO.A.4.2
Explain mechanisms that permit organisms to maintain biological balance between their internal and external environments.
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Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.2.1 Explain how organisms maintain homeostasis (e.g., thermoregulation, water regulation, oxygen regulation).
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