Organisms and Environments

2.9A: Identify the basic needs of plants and animals.

2.9B: Identify factors in the environment, including temperature and precipitation, that affect growth and behavior such as migration, hibernation, and dormancy of living things.

2.9C: Compare the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environment such as through food chains.

2.10A: Observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs.

2.10B: Observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics of plants help them meet their basic needs such as stems carry water throughout the plant.

2.10C: Investigate and record some of the unique stages that insects such as grasshoppers and butterflies undergo during their life cycle.