BHS Biology Guide

Principles of Ecology

Biology

Quarter 4

McGraw Hill Module 2

*When “describe” is referenced, any of the following descriptions could be used: written, oral, pictorial, and kinesthetic.

Standard 1.3 What does it look like to demonstrate profciency on this standard? Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Organizing Data Students organize data that represents: ● The inputs and outputs of photosynthesis in the carbon cycle, ● The inputs and outputs of cellular respiration in the carbon cycle, and ● The inputs and outputs in the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere in the carbon cycle Identifying Relationships Students analyze data to identify effects of: ● The exchange of carbon (through carbon-containing compounds) between organisms and the environment. ● The role of storing carbon in organisms (in the form of carbon-containing compounds) as part of the carbon cycle. ● The contribution of photosynthesis and cellular respiration to the exchange of carbon within and among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. Interpreting Data Students use the analyzed data to make a claim about how changes to the inputs and outputs of the carbon cycle impacts ecosystems.

Standard 2.1 What does it look like to demonstrate profciency on this standard? Constructing Explanations: Articulating the explanation of phenomena Students construct an explanation that includes that:

● The relationship between the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms from sugar molecules formed in or ingested by an organism and those same atoms found in amino acids and other large carbon-based molecules; and ● That larger carbon-based molecules and amino acids can be a result of chemical reactions between sugar molecules (or their component atoms) and other atoms. Evidence Students identify and describe* the evidence to construct the explanation, including: ● All organisms take in matter (allowing growth and maintenance) and rearrange the atoms in chemical reactions. ● Cellular respiration involves chemical reactions between sugar molecules and other molecules

in which energy is released that can be used to drive other chemical reactions. ● Sugar molecules are composed of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms.