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title: "SB5: Ecosystem Interdependence (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SB5
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SB5
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# SB5: Ecosystem Interdependence

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to assess the interdependence of all organisms on one another and their environment.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SB5.a**: Plan and carry out investigations and analyze data to support explanations about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems.
- **SB5.b**: Develop and use models to analyze the cycling of matter and flow of energy within ecosystems through the processes of photosynthesis and respiration. * Arranging components of a food web according to energy flow. * Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid. * Explaining the need for cycling of major biochemical elements (C, O, N, P, and H).
- **SB5.c**: Construct an argument to predict the impact of environmental change on the stability of an ecosystem.
- **SB5.d**: Design a solution to reduce the impact of a human activity on the environment.
- **SB5.e**: Construct explanations that predict an organism's ability to survive within changing environmental limits (e.g., temperature, pH, drought, fire).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- Biology (EOC). Ecology. Ecology (about 26% of the test; 12 points)

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