Essential Knowledge 4.A.4

Organisms exhibit complex properties due to interactions between their constituent parts.

Interactions and coordination between organs provide essential biological activities. Examples include:

• Stomach and small intestines
• Kidney and bladder
• Root, stem and leaf

Interactions and coordination between systems provide essential biological activities. Examples include:

• Respiratory and circulatory
• Nervous and muscular
• Plant vascular and leaf

Students should be able to:

LO 4.8 evaluate scientific questions concerning organisms that exhibit complex properties due to the interaction of their constituent parts.

LO 4.9 predict the effects of a change in a component(s) of a biological system on the functionality of an organism(s).

LO 4.10 refine representations and models to illustrate biocomplexity due to interactions of the constituent parts.