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1 ) Investigate and analyze the use of nonrenewable energy sources (e.g.,
fossil fuels, nuclear, natural gas) and renewable energy sources (e.g., solar,
wind, hydroelectric, geothermal) and propose solutions for their impact on the
environment.
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2 ) Use models to illustrate and communicate the role of photosynthesis and
cellular respiration as carbon cycles through the biosphere, atmosphere,
hydrosphere, and geosphere.
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3 ) Use mathematics and graphic models to compare factors affecting
biodiversity and populations in ecosystems.
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4 ) Engage in argument from evidence to evaluate how biological or physical
changes within ecosystems (e.g., ecological succession, seasonal flooding,
volcanic eruptions) affect the number and types of organisms, and that changing
conditions may result in a new or altered ecosystem.
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5 ) Engage in argument from evidence to compare how individual versus group
behavior (e.g., flocking; cooperative behaviors such as hunting, migrating, and
swarming) may affect a species' chance to survive and reproduce over time.
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6 ) Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to describe how human
activity may affect biodiversity and genetic variation of organisms, including
threatened and endangered species.
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7 ) Analyze and interpret data to investigate how a single change on Earth's
surface may cause changes to other Earth systems (e.g., loss of ground
vegetation causing an increase in water runoff and soil erosion).
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8 ) Engage in an evidence-based argument to explain how over time Earth's systems affect the biosphere and the biosphere affects Earth's systems (e.g., microbial life increasing the formation of soil; corals creating reefs that alter patterns of erosion and deposition along coastlines).
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9 ) Develop and use models to trace the flow of water, nitrogen, and phosphorus
through the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
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10 ) Design solutions for protection of natural water resources (e.g.,
bioassessment, methods of water treatment and conservation) considering
properties, uses, and pollutants (e.g., eutrophication, industrial effluents,
agricultural runoffs, point and nonpoint pollution resources).*
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11 ) Engage in argument from evidence to defend how coastal, marine, and
freshwater sources (e.g., estuaries, marshes, tidal pools, wetlands, beaches,
inlets, rivers, lakes, oceans, coral reefs) support biodiversity, economic
stability, and human recreation.
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12 ) Analyze and interpret data and climate models to predict how global or
regional climate change can affect Earth's systems (e.g., precipitation and
temperature and their associated impacts on sea level, glacial ice volumes, and
atmosphere and ocean composition).
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13 ) Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information based on evidence to explain
how key natural resources (e.g., water sources, fertile soils, concentrations of
minerals and fossil fuels), natural hazards, and climate changes influence human
activity (e.g., mass migrations).
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14 ) Analyze cost-benefit ratios of competing solutions for developing,
conserving, managing, recycling, and reusing energy and mineral resources to
minimize impacts in natural systems (e.g., determining best practices for
agricultural soil use, mining for coal, and exploring for petroleum and natural
gas sources).*
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15 ) Construct an explanation based on evidence to determine the relationships
among management of natural resources, human sustainability, and biodiversity
(e.g., resources, waste management, per capita consumption, agricultural
efficiency, urban planning).
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16 ) Obtain and evaluate information from published results of scientific
computational models to illustrate the relationships among Earth's systems and
how these relationships may be impacted by human activity (e.g., effects of an
increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide on photosynthetic biomass, effect of
ocean acidification on marine populations).
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17 ) Obtain, evaluate, and communicate geological and biological information to
determine the types of organisms that live in major biomes.
a. Analyze and interpret data collected through geographic research and
field investigations (e.g., relief, topographic, and physiographic maps; rivers;
forest types; watersheds) to describe the biodiversity by region for the state
of Alabama (e.g., terrestrial, freshwater, marine, endangered, invasive).
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