Task 2: Deconstructing Quarter 1 Standards
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Support an argument with evidence that plants get the materials they need for growth and
reproduction chiefly through a process in which they use carbon dioxide from the air, water,
and energy from the sun to produce sugars, plant materials, and waste (oxygen); and that
this process is called photosynthesis.
Analyze and interpret data about changes (land characteristics, water distribution,
temperature, food, and other organisms) in the environment and describe what
mechanisms organisms can use to affect their ability to survive and reproduce.
Research and explain the position of the Earth and the solar system within the Milky Way
galaxy, and compare the size and shape of the Milky Way to other galaxies in the universe.
Relate the tilt of the Earth’s axis, as it revolves around the sun, to the varying intensities of
sunlight at different latitudes. Evaluate how this causes changes in day-lengths and
seasons.
Analyze the properties and compare sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational
potential, electric potential, chemical, and thermal energy.
Analyze and interpret data to show the relationship between kinetic energy and the mass of
an object in motion and its speed.
Use the periodic table as a model to analyze and interpret evidence relating to physical and
chemical properties to identify a sample of matter.
Create and interpret models of substances whose atoms represent the states of matter with
respect to temperature and pressure.
Design and conduct investigations depicting the relationship between magnetism and
electricity in electromagnets, generators, and electrical motors, emphasizing the factors
that increase or diminish the electric current and the magnetic field strength.
Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting
forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.