Science Standard V, Life Science
Lesson 532, Life Systems
Understanding the origin of energy for all organisms: food and sunlight
Identifying types of animals by their eating habits
Defining herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
Defining consumers and decomposers
Recognizing and interpreting a food chain
Recognizing and identifying energy cycle
Understanding the flow of energy through an ecosystem made up of producers, consumers, and decomposers
Interpreting food webs and food chains
Identifying and enumerating the trophic levels of animals
Understanding how species are interdependent and how these relationships contribute to the stability of the ecosystems
Defining biodiversity and species and how the two are interconnected
Defining estimate
Understanding the ideas of interdependence and extinction
Identifying krill, algae, and global warming as interdependent units of the ecosystem of the waters off Antarctica
Understanding the differences between stable and unstable ecosystems, including how an unstable ecosystem may collapse, or become unpredictable
Understanding that all species represent a vital link in a complex web of interaction
Recognizing Mount St. Helens as a volcano and its effects on the environment
Understanding the necessity and benefits of biodiversity