Unit1APBiologyStandards

Behavior
2.C.2:Organismsrespondtochangesintheirexternalenvironments
a
Organismsrespondtochangesintheirenvironmentthroughbehavioral
andphysiologicalmechanisms.
2.E.2:Timingandcoordinationofphysiologicaleventsareregulatedby
multiplemechanisms
b
Inanimals,internalandexternalsignalsregulateavarietyof
physiologicalresponsesthatsynchronizewithenvironmentalcyclesandcues
2.E.3:Timingandcoordinationofbehaviorareregulatedbyvarious
mechanismsandareimportantinnaturalselection
a.1
Innatebehaviorsarebehaviorsthatareinherited
a.2
.Learningoccursthroughinteractionswiththeenvironmentandother
organisms
b.3
Behaviorsinanimalsaretriggeredbyenvironmentalcuesandarevital
toreproduction,naturalselectionandsurvival.
Hibernation
Estivation
Migration
Courtship
b.4
Cooperativebehaviorwithinorbetweenpopulationscontributestothe
survivalofthepopulations
Availabilityofresourcesleadingtofruitingbodyformationinfungi
andcertaintypesofbacteria
Nicheandresourcepartitioning
Mutualisticrelationship(lichens,bacteriaindigestivetractsof
animals,mycorrhizae)
Biologyofpollination
3.E.1:Individualscanact

on

informationandcommunicateittoothers
a
.Organismsexchangeinformationwitheachotherinresponsetointernal
changesandexternalcues,whichcanchangebehavior
b.2.
Animalscanbevisible
,
audible,tactile,electricalandchemicalsignals
toindicatedominance,findfood,establishterritoryandensurereproductive
success

c.1.
Naturalselectionfavorsinnateandlearnedbehaviorsthatincrease
survivalandreproductivefitness
Parentandoffspringinteractions
Migrationpatterns
Courtshipandmatingbehaviors
Foraginginbeesandotheranimals
Avoidancebehaviortoelectricshockfences,poisonortraps
c.2
Cooperativebehaviortendstoincreasethefitnessofanindividualand
thesurvivalofthepopulation.
Packbehaviorinanimals
Herd,flockandschoolingbehaviorinanimals
Predatorwarning
Colonyandswarmingbehaviorininsects

Ecology

1.C.1:SpeciationandextinctionhaveoccurredthroughouttheEarth's
history
b
Humanimpactonecosystemsandspeciesextinctionrates.
2.A.1:Alllivingsystemsrequireconstantinputoffreeenergy
d.2
Differentorganismsusevariousreproductivestrategiesinresponse
toenergyavailability
e
Changesinfreeenergyavailabilitycanresultinpopulationsize
f
Changesinfreeenergyavailabilitycanresultindistractionstoan
ecosystem
2.A.2:Organismscaptureandstorefreeenergyforuseinbiological
processes
a.1
Photosyntheticorganismscapturefreeenergypresentinsunlight.
2.A.3:Organismsmustexchangematterwiththeenvironmenttogrow,
reproduceandmaintainorganization
a.1
Carbonmovesfromtheenvironmenttoorganismswhereisisusedto
buildcarbohydrates,proteins,lipidsornucleicacids.Carbonisusedin
storagecompoundsandcellformationinallorganisms

a.2
Nitrogenmovesfromtheenvironmenttoorganismswhereitisused
inbuildingproteinsandnucleicacids.Phosphorusmovesfromthe
environmenttoorganismswhereisusedinnucleicvidsandcertainlipids

a.3
Livingsystemsdependonpropertiesofwaterthatresultfromits
polarityandhydrogenbonding.
2.D.3:Biologicalsystemsareaffectedbydisruptionstotheirdynamic
homeostasis
b
Disruptionstoecosystemsimpactthedynamichomeostasisorbalance
oftheecosystem
3.E.1:Individualscanactoninformationandcommunicateittoothers
b.1
Livingsystemshaveavarietyofsignalbehaviorsorcuesthatproduce
changesinthebehaviorofotherorganismsandcanresultindifferential
reproductivesuccess
4.A.5:Communitiesarecomposedofpopulationsoforganismsthat
interactincomplexways
a
Thestructureof.Communityismeasuredanddescribedintermsof
speciescompositionandspeciesdiversity
b
Mathematicalorcomputermodelsareusedtoillustrateandinvestigate
populationsinteractionswithinandenvironmentalimpactsonacommunity
c
Mathematicalmodelsandgraphicalrepresentationsareusedto
illustratepopulationgrowthpatternsandinteractions.
4.A.6:Interactionsamonglivingsystemsandwiththeirenvironment
resultinthemovementofmatterandenergy
4.B.2:Cooperativeinteractionswithinorganismspromoteefficiencyinthe
useofenergyandmatter
a.3
Interactionsamongcellsofapopulationsofunicellularorganismscan
besimilartothoseofmulticellularorganisms,andtheseinteractionsleadto
increasedefficiencyandutilizationofenergyandmatter
4.B.3:Interactionsbetweenandwithinpopulationsinfluencepatternsif
speciesdistributionandabundance
4.B.4:Distributionoflocalandglobalecosystemschangeovertime
4.C.2:Environmentalfactorsinfluencetheexpressionofthegenotypein
anorganism
a
Environmentalfactorsinfluencemanytraitsbothdirectlyandindirectly

b
Anorganism'sadaptationtothelocalenvironmentreflectsaflexible
responseofitsgenome
4.C.3:
a
Populationabilitytorespondtochangesintheenvironmentisaffected
bygeneticdiversity.
b
Geneticdiversityallowsindividualsinapopulationtoresponddifferently
tothesamechangesinenvironmentalconditions.
4.C.4:
a
Naturalandartificialecosystemswithfewercomponentpartsandwith
littlediversityamongthepartsareoftenlessresilienttochangesinthe
environment
b
Keystonespecies,producers,andessentialbioticandbioticfactors
contributetomaintainingthediversityofanecosystem.Theeffectsof
keystonespeciesontheecosystemaredisproportionaterelativetotheir
abundanceintheecosystem,andwhentheyareremovedfromthe
ecosystem,theecosystemoftencollapses.