NZC Achievement Objectives: Living World

Level Four

• Recognise that there are life processes common to all living things and that these occur in different ways.
• Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.
• Begin to group plants, animals, and other living things into science-based classifications.

Level Five

• Describe the basic processes by which genetic information is passed from one generation to the next.

Level Six

• Explore patterns in the inheritance of genetically controlled characteristics.
• Explain the importance of variation within a changing environment.