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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
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LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
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MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
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MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
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HS-LS2-6 Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
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LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
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3-LS4-3 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
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HS-LS4-5 Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.