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Using a balanced equation,
describe the process of photosynthesis, including inputs and outputs of
material and the role of energy |
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Explain the role of ATP as an
energy carrier |
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Define the roles of producers,
consumers, decomposers, and scavengers in an ecosystem |
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Outline the levels of
organization in living systems |
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Compare and contrast organic and
inorganic compounds, giving examples |
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Identify the different classes
of organic compounds important to living systems, including their building
blocks |
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Using a balanced equation,
describe the process of cellular respiration, including inputs and outputs
of material and the role of energy |
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Explain the flow of energy
through trophic levels |
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Explain the dependence (direct
or indirect) of most organisms on energy provided by the sun |
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Compare and contrast aerobic and
anaerobic processes |
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Explain that light has the
ability to be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted |
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Compare and contrast the
purposes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration |
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Construct a sample food chain |
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Identify biotic and
abiotic parts of an ecosystem |
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State that transpiration is the
loss of water from plants to the atmosphere |
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Describe the benefits of
decomposers to ecosystems |
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Discuss the impact of removing
an organism from an ecosystem |
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Identify how carbon dioxide
enters the biotic part of the biosphere |
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Explain that heat is lost during
energy conversions |
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Compare and contrast the
light-dependent and light-independent reactions of photosynthesis
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splitting of water |
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fixing of CO2 |
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Identify the inputs and outputs
of glycolysis, specifically the glucose in – ATP out ratio |
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Identify the end products of
anaerobic respiration |
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Classify yeast as an aerobic or
anaerobic organism |
