---
title: "S7L4: Organism Interdependence (Georgia Science standard)"
code: S7L4
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, S7L4
subject: science
grades:
  - grade-7
language: en
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# S7L4: Organism Interdependence

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to examine the interdependence of organisms with one another and their environments.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: Grade 7, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/grade-7.md

## Expectations

- **S7L4.a**: Construct an explanation for the patterns of interactions observed in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of the ecosystem.
- **S7L4.b**: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.
- **S7L4.c**: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for how resource availability, disease, climate, and human activity affect individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.
- **S7L4.d**: Ask questions to gather and synthesize information from multiple sources to differentiate between Earth's major terrestrial biomes (i.e., tropical rain forest, savanna, temperate forest, desert, grassland, taiga, and tundra) and aquatic ecosystems (i.e., freshwater, estuaries, and marine).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.