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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.C: Evolution
- Grade Level - 3.1.5.C:
GRADE 5
Standard - 3.1.5.C2
Give examples of how inherited characteristics (e.g., shape of beak, length of neck, location of eyes, shape of teeth) may change over time as adaptations to changes in the environment that enable organisms to survive.
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Assessment Anchor - S5.B.1 Structure and Function of Organisms
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.1.1 Describe how the cell is the basic unit of structure and function for all living things.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.1.1.1 Recognize that all organisms are composed of cells.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.1.1.2 Explain the concept of the cell as the basic structural unit of all living things.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.1.1.3 Compare the structure and function of basic cell parts in organisms (i.e., plants and animals).
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Assessment Anchor - S5.B.2 Continuity of Life
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.2.1 Explain how certain inherited traits and/or behaviors allow some organisms to survive and reproduce more successfully than others.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.1 Differentiate between inherited and acquired traits (e.g., scars, injuries).
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.2 Explain how inherited traits help organisms survive and reproduce in different environments.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.3 Explain how certain behaviors help organisms survive and reproduce in different environments.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.4 Identify changes in environmental conditions that can affect the survival of populations and entire species.
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Assessment Anchor - S5.B.3 Ecological Behavior and Systems
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.3.1 Describe the relationships between organisms in different ecosystems.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.1.1 Describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers within a local ecosystem.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.1.2 Describe the relationships between organisms in different food webs.
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.3.2 Explain how renewable and nonrenewable resources provide for human needs.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.2.1 Identify fossil fuels and alternative fuels used by humans.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.2.2 Describe the usefulness of Earth’s physical resources as raw materials for the human‐made world.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.2.3 Explain how different items are recycled and reused.
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