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Competencies
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Compare and contrast the following processes in plants and animals:reproduction, development, nutrition, gas exchange, transport/circulation, regulation of body fluids, chemical and nervous control, immune systems, and sensory and motor mechanisms
Explain how some organisms maintain steady internal conditions that possess various structures and processes
Describe examples of homeostasis (e.g., temperature regulation, osmotic balance and glucose levels) and the major features of feedback loops that produce such homeostasis
Predict genotypes and phenotypes of parents and offspring using the laws of inheritance
Explain sex linkage and recombination
Describe modifications to mendel’s classic ratios (gene interaction)
Illustrate the molecular structure of dna,rna, and proteins
Diagram the steps in dna replication and proteinsynthesis
Outline the processes involved in genetic engineering
Discuss the applications of recombinant dna
Explain the mechanisms that produce change in populations from generation to generation (e.g.,
artificial selection, natural selection, genetic drift, mutation, recombination)
Describe general features of the history of life on earth, including generally accepted dates and sequence of the geologic time scale and characteristics of major groups of organisms present during these time periods
Show patterns of descent with modification from common ancestors to produce the organismal diversity observed today
Trace the development of evolutionary thought
Explain evidences of evolution (e.g., biogeography, fossil record, dna/protein sequences, homology, and embryology)
Infer evolutionary relationships among organisms using the evidence of evolution
Explain how the structural and developmental characteristics and relatedness of dna sequences are used in classifying living things
Identify the unique/distinctive characteristics of a specific taxon relative to other taxa
Describe species diversity and cladistics, including the types of evidence and procedures that can be used to establish evolutionary relationships
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