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Unit 11 - May
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June Week 1
Students should be able to evaluate claims/evidence/reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
Students should be able to recognize and understand the cause-and-effect relationship between changes in the abiotic and biotic conditions in an ecosystem and succession.
Students should be able to describe the patterns of succession found in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of Virginia.
Students should be able to identify factors leading to primary and secondary succession.
Students should be able to describe the characteristics of a climax community.
Students should be able to provide examples to illustrate and explain how habitat destruction, pollution, introduction of invasive species, overexploitation, and climate change can disrupt an ecosystem and threaten the survival of species.
Students should be able to design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the negative effects of human activity on a Virginia watershed or ecosystem.
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