RC4: Organisms & Environment [SW5-6]

5.9(A)  observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving components

5.9(B)  describe the flow of energy within a food web, including the roles of the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers

5.10(A)  compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive in a specific environment such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals

5.10(B)  differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle

5.9(C)  predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways

5.9(D)  identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms and the nature of the environments at the time using models

3.9(A)  observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem

3.10(B)  investigate and compare how animals and plants undergo a series of orderly changes in their diverse life cycles such as tomato plants, frogs, and lady beetles