Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Standard: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

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Learning Domain: The Living Environment

Standard: Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms and entire species.

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Science Domain: Life Sciences

Topic: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

Standard: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on recognizing patterns in data and making warranted inferences about changes in populations, and on evaluating empirical evidence supporting arguments about changes to ecosystems.]

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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences

Topic: Human Sustainability

Standard: Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity. [Clarification Statement: Examples of Earth systems to be considered are the hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and/or biosphere. An example of the far-reaching impacts from a human activity is how an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in an increase in photosynthetic biomass on land and an increase in ocean acidification, with resulting impacts on sea organism health and marine populations.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include running computational representations but is limited to using the published results of scientific computational models.]

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