Competency Goal 4
The learner will develop an understanding of the unity and diversity of life.
Objectives
4.01 Analyze the classification of organisms according to their evolutionary relationships.
4.02 Analyze the processes by which organisms representative of the following groups accomplish essential life functions including:
4.03 Assess, describe and explain adaptations affecting survival and reproductive success.
4.04 Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease:
Genetics.
4.05 Analyze the broad patterns of animal behavior as adaptations to the environment.
Innate behavior.
Objectives
4.01 Analyze the classification of organisms according to their evolutionary relationships.
- The historical development and changing nature of classification systems.
- Similarities and differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms.
- Similarities and differences among the eukaryotic kingdoms: Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals.
- Classify organisms using keys.
4.02 Analyze the processes by which organisms representative of the following groups accomplish essential life functions including:
- Unicellular protists, annelid worms, insects, amphibians, mammals, non vascular plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
- Transport, excretion, respiration, regulation, nutrition, synthesis, reproduction, and growth and development.
4.03 Assess, describe and explain adaptations affecting survival and reproductive success.
- Structural adaptations in plants and animals (form to function).
- Disease-causing viruses and microorganisms.
- Co-evolution.
4.04 Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease:
Genetics.
- Immune response.
- Nutrition.
- Parasites.
- Toxins.
4.05 Analyze the broad patterns of animal behavior as adaptations to the environment.
Innate behavior.
- Learned behavior.
- Social behavior.