Kentucky Science Standards

A. CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANISMS

3. locating and comparing major plant and animal structures and their functions;

4. recognizing that there is great diversity among organisms;

C. ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS

1. examining the habitats of plants and animals and determining how basic needs are met within each habitat;

2. describing how the features of some plants and animals enable them to live in specific habitats;

3. observing animals and plants and describing interaction or interdependence.

A. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN LIVING SYSTEMS

3. describing the basic processes of photosynthesis and respiration and their importance to life;

9. The Wildlife Web I

C.POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS

2. modeling and interpreting food chains and food webs;

3. investigating major ecosystems and recognizing physical properties and organisms within each;

4. explaining the interaction and interdependence of nonliving and living components within ecosystems.

D. ADAPTATIONS OF ORGANISMS

1. describing the importance of plant and animal adaptation, including local examples

2. explaining how some members of a species survive under changed environmental conditions.