CA- California K-12 Academic Content Standards
Subject : Science
Grade : Grade Six
Area : Focus on Earth Science
Sub-Strand : Ecology (Life Science)
Concept 5: Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among
themselves and with the environment. As a basis for understanding this
concept:
Standard a: Students know energy entering ecosystems as sunlight is
transferred by producers into chemical energy through photosynthesis and then
from organism to organism through food webs.
Standard b: Students know matter is transferred over time from one organism
to others in the food web and between organisms and the physical
environment.
Standard c: Students know populations of organisms can be categorized by
the functions they serve in an ecosystem.
Standard d: Students know different kinds of organisms may play similar
ecological roles in similar biomes.
Standard e: Students know the number and types of organisms an ecosystem
can support depends on the resources available and on abiotic factors, such
as quantities of light and water, a range of temperatures, and soil
composition.
