--- title: "SBO5: Plant Adaptations Overview (Georgia Science standard)" code: SBO5 cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SBO5 subject: science grades: - high-school language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SBO5 md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SBO5.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/SBO5.md source_url: https://case.georgiastandards.org/ims/case/v1p1/CFDocuments/27a08dc6-416e-11e7-ba71-02bd89fdd987 source_last_changed: 2025-05-29 data_built: 2026-09-18 publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district. up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # SBO5: Plant Adaptations Overview Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to analyze the diversity of plant adaptations and responses to changing environmental conditions. - Subject: Science - Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md ## Expectations - **SBO5.a**: Construct an explanation to describe the diversity of plants and their adaptations in relation to differing ecosystems and changing environments, both long term (climate) and short term (seasonal and diurnal). (Clarification statement: Instruction should focus on climatic, seasonal, and diurnal changes.) - **SBO5.b**: Construct an argument based on evidence to predict which plant adaptions increase survival in different stressful environments (i.e., water extremes, saline environment, and extreme temperature). - **SBO5.c**: Develop and use models to analyze how change and disruptions in major nutrient cycles (i.e., C, H, O, N, P) might affect plant responses. ## 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.