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title: "SMI8: Microbe-Organism Relationships (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SMI8
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SMI8
subject: science
grades:
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# SMI8: Microbe-Organism Relationships

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to examine relationships among microbes and other organisms.

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

## Expectations

- **SMI8.a**: Construct an argument to support the variety of relationships (symbiotic and pathogenic) between humans and microbes.
- **SMI8.b**: Construct an argument to support the mutualistic relationship between microbes and other organisms (plants, animals & fungi).
- **SMI8.c**: Ask questions to gather and communicate information about how pathogenic microbes cause disease in humans and other organisms.
- **SMI8.d**: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to demonstrate how higher organisms defend against pathogenic microbes.

## 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.