Organisms and environments. The student knows how cell functions support the health of an organism and how adaptation and variation relate to survival.
A knowledge and skills statement is a broad statement of what students must know and be able to do. It generally begins with a learning strand and ends with the phrase “The student is expected to:” Knowledge and skills statements always include related student expectations.
Glossary Support for S.8.13
the process or product of the process by which the traits of a population change over time to better fit the environment in which the population lives
the basic unit of life; a collection of organic matter (cytoplasm) surrounded by a membrane, containing biomolecules such as DNA and proteins, and which has the ability to metabolize and replicate itself
