Organisms and environments

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The student knows that the living environment is composed of relationships between organisms and the life cycles that occur. The student is expected to:

Sort and classify living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs and produce offspring;

Analyze and record examples of interdependence found in various situations such as terrariums and aquariums or pet and caregiver; and

Gather evidence of interdependence among living organisms such as energy transfer through food chains or animals using plants for shelter.

The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

Investigate how the external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats;

Identify and compare the parts of plants;

Compare ways that young animals resemble their parents; and

Observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish.