--- title: "SZ4: Animal-Environment Interactions (Georgia Science standard)" code: SZ4 cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SZ4 subject: science grades: - high-school language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SZ4 md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SZ4.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/SZ4.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 --- # SZ4: Animal-Environment Interactions Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to assess how animals interact with their environment and one another. - Subject: Science - Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md ## Expectations - **SZ4.a**: Construct explanations to relate structure and function of animals to ecological roles, including morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations - **SZ4.b**: Develop a model to explain patterns in various life cycles found among animals (e.g., polyp and medusa in cnidarians; multiple hosts and stages in the platyhelminthes or nematode life cycle; arthropod metamorphosis; egg, tadpole, adult stages in the amphibian life cycle). - **SZ4.c**: Construct an explanation based on evidence of the effects of symbiotic relationships between animals (i.e., parasites and disease vectors) and between animals and other organisms (i.e., algae in coral; protists in termites; parasites). ## 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.