Life Science
Interactions in Ecosystems
Traits and Life Cycles
Adaptations
Metamorphosis
- SCI.5.9A Observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements.
- SCI.5.9B Describe how the flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers.
- SCI.5.9C Predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways.
- SCI.5.9D Identify the significance of the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle to the survival of plants and animals.
Traits and Life Cycles
Adaptations
- SCI.5.10A Compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals.
- SCI.5.10B 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.
Metamorphosis
- SCI.5.10C
- Describe the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis of insects.
Scientific investigation and reasoning standards 5.2C, 5.2D, 5.2F, 5.2G, 5.3A, 5.3D