The student knows and understands that living organisms within an ecosystem interact with one another and with their environment. The student is expected to:
Investigate that most producers need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food, while consumers are dependent on other organisms for food; and
The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environment. The student is expected to:
Explore and describe examples of traits that are inherited from parents to offspring such as eye color and shapes of leaves and behaviors that are learned such as reading a book and a wolf pack teaching their pups to hunt effectively; and