Sunshine State Standards -- Grade Level Expectations for Life Science Grade 7

Strand F: Processes of Life

Benchmark SC.F.1.3.1: The student understands that living things are composed of major systems that function in reproduction, growth, maintenance, and regulation.

1. understands that the systems within living things respond to changes in the environment (for example, allergens and carcinogens).
• Response to Environment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1e.asp
  
• Environmental Conditions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5c.asp
  
• Response to the Environment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/7e.asp
  
• Human Biology AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/8.asp
  

1. understands the concept of multicellular organisms.
• Organization of Living Things
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1a.asp
  
• The Cell: Down to Basics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/4.asp
  
• Protists, Fungi, and the Origin of Multicellularity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/3.asp
  
• From Single Cell to Multiple Cells
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/3c.asp
  

1. understands that there are many similarities among the great diversity of living things.
• What Is Life? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1.asp
  
• Taxonomy AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/10.asp
  
• Evolution: Populations in Motion
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/1.asp
  
• Protists, Fungi, and the Origin of Multicellularity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/3.asp
  
• Plants: Energy Converters
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/4.asp
  
• Invertebrate Animals: Rulers of the Animal Kingdom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/5.asp
  
• Vertebrate Animals
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/6.asp
  
• Mammals 'R' Us
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/7.asp
  

1. determines the behavioral responses of different organisms to common stimuli (for example, temperature, light, pressure, moisture).
• Response to Environment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1e.asp
  
• Environmental Conditions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5c.asp
  
• Adaptation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/1b.asp
  
• Response to the Environment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/7e.asp
  
• Ecological Succession
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/9d.asp
  
• Human Impact on the Environment AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/10.asp
  

Standard 2: The student understands the process and importance of genetic diversity.

Benchmark SC.F.2.3.1: The student knows the patterns and advantages of sexual and asexual reproduction in plants and animals.

1. knows the differences between and advantages of sexual and asexual reproduction.
• Reproduction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1c.asp
  
• Growth and Reproduction AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/7.asp
  

2. knows common types of asexual reproduction.
• Reproduction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1c.asp
  
• Asexual Reproduction: Send in the Clones
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/7b.asp
  
• Bacteria and Viruses AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2.asp
  
• Protists, Fungi, and the Origin of Multicellularity AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/3.asp
  
• Moss and Other Nonvascular Plants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/4b.asp
  

1. knows the life cycles of a variety of organisms, including non-flowering and flowering plants, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
• Growth and Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1d.asp
  
• Bacteria and Viruses AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2.asp
  
• Protists, Fungi, and the Origin of Multicellularity AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/3.asp
  
• Plants: Energy Converters AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/4.asp
  
• Invertebrate Animals: Rulers of the Animal Kingdom AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/5.asp
  
• Vertebrate Animals AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/6.asp
  
• Mammals 'R' Us AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/7.asp
  
• Human Biology AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/8.asp
  

Strand G: How Living Things Interact with Their Environment

Benchmark SC.G.1.3.1: The student knows that viruses depend on other living things.

1. knows the unique characteristics of a virus that cause them to be considered living at some times and nonliving at others.
• Bacteria and Viruses
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2.asp
  
• Are Viruses Alive?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2c.asp
  

2. knows ways that viruses depend on other living things.
• Bacteria and Viruses
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2.asp
  
• Are Viruses Alive?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2c.asp
  

3. knows that viruses may cause diseases in other living things.
• Bacteria and Viruses
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2.asp
  
• Are Viruses Alive?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2c.asp
  
• The Immune System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/8f.asp
  

1. knows that biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance reproductive success in a particular environment.
• Response to Environment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1e.asp
  
• Environmental Conditions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5c.asp
  
• Adaptation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/1b.asp
  
• How Populations Evolve
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/1c.asp
  
• Protists, Fungi, and the Origin of Multicellularity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/3.asp
  
• The Move to Land
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/4a.asp
  
• Invertebrate Animals: Rulers of the Animal Kingdom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/5.asp
  
• Vertebrate Animals
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/6.asp
  
• Mammals 'R' Us
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/7.asp
  

1. knows how to design and use a dichotomous guide to identify organisms based on structural characteristics.
• Dichotomous Keys
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/10b.asp
  

• Energy and Organisms AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/2.asp
  
• Growth and Reproduction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/7.asp
  

1. understands how the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle, water cycle, and nitrogen cycle are important for the survival of organisms.
• Gas Exchange
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5b.asp
  
• Nutrient Cycles
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5d.asp
  

2. knows the interrelationships in a local ecosystem.
• Ecosystems = Organized Energy Exchange
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/2a.asp
  
• Ecology: Organisms and Their Environment AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/9.asp
  

1. understands ways matter is recycled (for example, water cycle, carbon cycle).
• Energy and Organisms
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/2.asp
  
• Nutrient Cycles
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5d.asp
  

2. knows that life on earth is dependent upon a continuous supply of energy from the sun.
• Metabolism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/1b.asp
  
• Energy and Organisms
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/2.asp
  
• Energy Transformations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/2d.asp
  
• Energy for Life AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/6.asp
  
• Here Comes the Sun
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1c.asp
  
• Solar Effects
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/9b.asp
  

3. understands that individual food chains occur within a food web and that both show the flow of energy.
• Energy and Organisms AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/2.asp
  

Standard 2: The student understands the consequences of using limited natural resources.

Benchmark SC.G.2.3.1: The student knows that some resources are renewable and others are nonrenewable.

1. understands the importance of informed use of natural resources.
• Our Role in Earth's Future
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/12.asp
  
• Pollution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/10a.asp
  
• Destruction of Habitat
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/10b.asp
  
• Alien Invasion: Non-Native Species
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/10c.asp
  
• Extinction and Loss of Species
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/10d.asp
  

1. knows biotic and abiotic components in a small, local area and ways they interact (for example, field, pond).
• Abiotic Factors
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5.asp
  Students can use the content from this focus area to help achieve this standard
  

2. understands the consequences that might result when changes occur in populations.
• Lakes, Swamps, and Marshes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5a.asp
  
• Communities: Relationships Among Species
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/9b.asp
  
• Populations: Relationships within Species
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/9c.asp
  
• Ecological Succession
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/9d.asp
  

3. understands that changes in one part of the ecosystem will affect other parts of the ecosystem.
• Ecosystems = Organized Energy Exchange
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/2a.asp
  
• Abiotic Factors
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/5.asp
  
• Ecology: Organisms and Their Environment AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/9.asp
  
• Lakes, Swamps, and Marshes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5a.asp
  
• Ocean Resources
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4g.asp
  

1. knows possible causes for a species to become threatened, endangered, or extinct.
• Ocean Resources
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4g.asp
  
• Human Impact on the Environment AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/10.asp