Subject Area - 3:
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.A2
Identify the initial reactants, final products, and general purposes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Explain the important role of ATP in cell metabolism.
Describe the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration in photosynthetic organisms.
Explain why many biological macromolecules such as ATP and lipids contain high energy bonds.
Explain the importance of enzymes as catalysts in cell reactions.
Identify how factors such as pH and temperature may affect enzyme function.
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Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4
Ecology
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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.4.2.4
Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).