Standards Icon Benchmark #:SC.912.L.14.10

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    • Benchmark Number: SC.912.L.14.10
      Benchmark Description: Discuss the relationship between the evolution of land plants and their anatomy.

      Subject Area: NGSSS: Science
      Grade Level: 912
      Body of Knowledge: Life Science
      Standard: Organization and Development of Living Organisms -

      A. Cells have characteristic structures and functions that make them distinctive.

      B. Processes in a cell can be classified broadly as growth, maintenance, reproduction, and homeostasis.

      C. Life can be organized in a functional and structural hierarchy ranging from cells to the biosphere.

      D. Most multicellular organisms are composed of organ systems whose structures reflect their particular function.
      Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
      Date of Last Rating: 05/08
      Cognitive Complexity: High   -  What does this mean?
      Status: State Board Approved

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      » Floral Arrangements
      It's a problem faced by all seed-producing plants: how to get their pollen into the flower of another plant of the same species. This video segment from Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind explores some of the strategies plants have evolved...    ...read more       		 Video / Audio / Animation (Primary Type)
      » Desert Biome
      This video segment from NOVA: "A Desert Place" details the behaviors and habitats of some of the Sonoran Desert's creatures, focusing on the adaptations they use to survive in one of the most extreme environments in the world.      		 Video / Audio / Animation (Primary Type)

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