Genetics
Concept 2: Reproduction and
Heredity
Concept 4: Diversity, Adaptation,
and Behavior
AZ Sci Stds 8, Strand 4,
Heredity
Concept 4: Diversity, Adaptation,
and Behavior
AZ Sci Stds 8, Strand 4,
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Side Dominance
Test for
"-handedness"; a
test to tell which
hand, foot, eye, and
ear is dominant.
Test for
"-handedness"; a
test to tell which
hand, foot, eye, and
ear is dominant.
Concept 4: Diversity, Adaptation, and Behavior
Identify structural and behavioral adaptations.
PO 1. Explain how an organism’s behavior allows it to survive in an environment.
PO 2. Describe how an organism can maintain a stable internal environment while
living in a constantly changing external environment.
PO 3. Determine characteristics of organisms that could change over several
generations.
PO 4. Compare the symbiotic and competitive relationships in organisms within an
ecosystem (e.g., lichen, mistletoe/tree, clownfish/sea anemone, native/non-native
species).
PO 5. Analyze the following behavioral cycles of organisms:
• hibernation
• migration
• dormancy (plants)
PO 6. Describe the following factors that allow for the survival of living organisms:
• protective coloration
• beak design
• seed dispersal
• pollination
Identify structural and behavioral adaptations.
PO 1. Explain how an organism’s behavior allows it to survive in an environment.
PO 2. Describe how an organism can maintain a stable internal environment while
living in a constantly changing external environment.
PO 3. Determine characteristics of organisms that could change over several
generations.
PO 4. Compare the symbiotic and competitive relationships in organisms within an
ecosystem (e.g., lichen, mistletoe/tree, clownfish/sea anemone, native/non-native
species).
PO 5. Analyze the following behavioral cycles of organisms:
• hibernation
• migration
• dormancy (plants)
PO 6. Describe the following factors that allow for the survival of living organisms:
• protective coloration
• beak design
• seed dispersal
• pollination
Concept 2: Reproduction and Heredity
Understand the basic principles of heredity.
PO 1. Explain the purposes of cell division:
• growth and repair
• reproduction
PO 2. Explain the basic principles of heredity using the human examples of:
• eye color
• widow’s peak
• blood type
PO 3. Distinguish between the nature of dominant and recessive traits in
humans.
Understand the basic principles of heredity.
PO 1. Explain the purposes of cell division:
• growth and repair
• reproduction
PO 2. Explain the basic principles of heredity using the human examples of:
• eye color
• widow’s peak
• blood type
PO 3. Distinguish between the nature of dominant and recessive traits in
humans.
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