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Standard 2: Life
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B. Describe the characteristics of an
organism in terms of a combination of inherited traits and recognize
reproduction as a characteristic of
living organisms essential to the continuation of the species. |
1. Describe that asexual
reproduction limits the spread of detrimental characteristics through a
species and allows for genetic continuity (e.g., mitosis). 2. Recognize that in sexual
reproduction new combinations of traits are produced which may increase or
decrease an organism’s changes for survival (e.g., meiosis). 2.a Recognize how human actions, within an
ecosystem can cause the extinction of species. |
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D. Explain how extinction of a
species occurs when the environment changes and its adaptive characteristics
are insufficient to allow survival (as seen in evidence of the fossil record). |
3. Explain how variations in
structure, behavior or physiology allow some organisms to enhance their
reproductive success and survival in a particular environment. 4. Explain that diversity of species
is developed through gradual processes over many generations (e.g., fossil
record). 5. Analyze how an organism adapted
to a particular environment may become extinct if the environment, as shown
by the fossil record, changes. |
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