State of Florida - Biology EOC Item Specifications

SC.912.L.18.12  PROPERTIES OF WATER

You need to know the specific properties of water that contribute to Earth's suitability as an environment for life. These include:

• cohesive behavior

• ability to moderate temperature

• expansion upon freezing

• versatility as a solvent

• hydrogen bonding and polarity

SC .912. L. 17.5  POPULATION SIZE

• You need to know how population size is determined by births, deaths, immigration, emigration and limiting factors.

• You need to be able to use data about population dynamics, abiotic factors, and biotic factors to explain a change in carrying capacity and population size in an ecosystem. 

• You need to know that different types of organisms exist within aquatic systems due to chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and/or temperature.

• You need to know the potential changes in an ecosystem resulting from seasonal variations, climate changes and/or succession.

• You need to know the positive or negative consequences that result from a reduction in biodiversity.

SC. 912. L. 17.9 FOOD WEBS AND FOOD CHAINS

• You need to know how to use a food web to identify producers, consumers, and decomposers.

• You need to know the pathway of energy transfer through trophic levels and the reduction of available energy at successive trophic levels.

• You need to know how matter and energy move through the water and carbon cycles.

SC.912. L.17.20 HUMAN IMPACT

• You need to know how the actions of humans may impact environmental systems and affect sustainability.

• You need to know the costs and benefits of renewable and nonrenewable resources.

• You need to know that environmental policy decisions should be made after adequate monitoring of environmental parameters.

• You need to know how the environment and personal health are related.

Homework Assignments 8-14 Through 9-?

Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

*** TEST Sept. 26th & 29th ***