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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.B: Genetics
- Grade Level - 3.1.7.B: GRADE 7
Standard - 3.1.7.B1
Explain how genetic instructions influence inherited traits.
Identify Mendelian patterns of inheritance.
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Assessment Anchor - S7.B.1 Structure and Function of Organisms
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Anchor Descriptor - S7.B.1.1 Describe and compare structural and functional similarities and differences that characterize diverse living things.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.1.1.1 Describe levels of biological organization from cell to organism.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.1.1.2 Describe how specific structures in living things (from cell to organism) help them function effectively in specific ways (e.g., chlorophyll in plant cells— photosynthesis; root hairs—increased surface area; beak structures in birds— food gathering; cacti spines—protection from predators).
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Eligible Content - S7.B.1.1.3 Explain how characteristic similarities and differences (from cell to organism) are used to identify and/or categorize organisms.
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Anchor Descriptor - S7.B.1.2 Compare methods of reproduction.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.1.2.1 Explain how cells arise from the division of a pre-existing cell.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.1.2.2 Compare various basic sexual and asexual reproductive processes (e.g., budding, cuttings).
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Eligible Content - S7.B.1.2.3 Explain why the life cycles of different organisms have varied lengths.
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Assessment Anchor - S7.B.2 Continuity of Life
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Anchor Descriptor - S7.B.2.1 Explain natural selection and its role in evolution.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.2.1.1 Explain how inherited traits (genes) and/or behaviors help organisms survive and reproduce in different environments.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.2.1.2 Describe how natural selection is an underlying factor in a population’s ability to adapt to change.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.2.1.3 Explain that adaptations within species (physical, behavioral, physiological) are developed over long periods of time.
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Anchor Descriptor - S7.B.2.2 Explain how a set of genetic instructions determines inherited traits of organisms.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.2.2.1 Identify and explain differences between inherited and acquired traits.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.2.2.2 Recognize evidence that the gene is the basic unit of inheritance and explain the effect of dominant and recessive genes on inherited traits.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.2.2.3 Explain how mutations can alter a gene and are a source of new variations in a population.
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Eligible Content - S7.B.2.2.4 Describe how selective breeding or biotechnologies can change the genetic makeup of an organism (e.g., domesticated dogs, horses, cows; crops, hybrid plants; integrated pest management).
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