S.1.12.A | TEKS Guide

SCIENCE.1.12.A — Vertical Alignment

Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.

S.1.12.A

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

S.1.12.B

describe and record examples of interactions and dependence between living and nonliving components in terrariums or aquariums; and

S.2.12.A

describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants and animals within an ecosystem;

S.3.12.A

explain how temperature and precipitation affect animal growth and behavior through migration and hibernation and plant responses through dormancy;

S.5.12.A

observe and describe how a variety of organisms survive by interacting with biotic and abiotic factors in a healthy ecosystem;

S.6.12.A

investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic factors such as food and abiotic factors such as availability of light and water, range of temperatures, or soil composition;

AQUA.9.C

explain how tidal cycles influence intertidal ecology.

ENVIR.5.C

evaluate the effects of fluctuations in abiotic factors on local ecosystems and local biomes;

ENVIR.5.D

measure the concentration of dissolved substances such as dissolved oxygen, chlorides, and nitrates and describe their impacts on an ecosystem;

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Science.1.12.A

SCIENCE.1.12.A — Vertical Alignment

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