Env.1.5 Identify and measure biological, chemical, and physical (abiotic and biotic) factors within an ecosystem. of the ecosystem in biomes and in cycles Biological factors –all living organisms in an area Chemical factors – non-living chemical of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems Physical factors – all physical aspects of an area that has an impact on the living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems Cause and effect Systems and system models Env.1.6 Describe the difference between weather and climate. Locate, identify, and describe the major Earth biomes. Explain how biomes are determined by climate (temperature and precipitation patterns) that support specific kinds of plants. Address all 10 biomes, make sure they can tell them apart with temperature, precipitation and plants (NOT ANIMALS) Weather – state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc Climate – weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period Biomes – large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat Patterns Cause and effect Env.1.7 Identify tools and technologies used to adapt and alter environments and natural resources in order to meet human physical and cultural needs. throughout all year about the then and now of technology and human improvements and how it affects the environment Environments – surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates and effect Systems and system models Env.1.8 Explain the factors that influence weather and climate, the action of gravitational forces, and the rotation of the Earth. Gravitational forces - force that attracts any object with mass Cause and effect Energy and matter Env.1.9 Describe how weather can be influenced by global climatic patterns, such as El Niño and La Niña. El Niño - irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December La Niña - cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific that occurs at irregular intervals and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns complementary to those of El Niño, but less extensive and damaging in their effects Patterns Cause and effect
Standard 2: Flow of Matter and Energy Indiana Academic Standard Clarifying Statement Highlighted Vocabulary Words from the Standard Defined Crosscutting Concept Env.2.1 Describe how matter cycles through sources and sinks and how energy is transferred. Explain how matter and energy move between and within components of an environmental system. How carbon can get stuck in the ocean but flow through plants and atmosphere. How this flow can apply to all forms of matter and energy Matter – physical substance in general that occupies space and possesses rest mass Energy – power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines Environmental system – system where life interacts with the various abiotic components found in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere Patterns Cause and effect Systems and system models Env.2.2 Identify the different forms of energy and understand that energy may be converted from one form to another, but cannot be created or destroyed. Energy transfer not destroyed. Laws of thermodynamics. Energy from coal is burned and off heat and light, the heat can be used to boil water to produce steam to turn a turbine (mechanical) to power a generator to turn a light on (electrical) Systems and system models Energy and matter Env.2.3 Recognize and explain that the amount of life any environment can support is limited by the available energy, water, oxygen, nutrients and minerals, and by the ability of ecosystems to recycle organic materials from the remains of dead organisms. Limiting factors of life and natural recycling. Organic materials – organic compounds that has come from the remains of organisms such as plants and animals and their waste products in the environment Cause and effect Systems and system models
"Env.6.1 Demonstrate, calculate, and explain how factors such as birth rate, death rate, and migration rate determine growth rates of populations. Birth rate – number of live births per thousand of population per year Death rate – ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year Migration rate – difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time, divided (usually) per 1,000 inhabitants Growth rate- increase in a country's population during a period of time Patterns Cause and effect Systems and system models "Env.6.2 Explain how the size and rate of growth of the human population in any location is affected by economic, political, religious, technological, and environmental (resource availability) factors Pro and cons to population size in reference to economic, political, religious, technological, and environmental factors. Systems and system models "Env.6.3 Describe and give examples about how the decisions of one generation both provide and limit the range of possibilities open to the next generation. Generation – a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent Cause and effect Energy and matter Env.6.4 Explain how the carrying capacity of an ecosystem may change as availability of resources changes. Carrying capacity – the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation Cause and effect Standard 7: Pollution Indiana Academic Standard Clarifying Statement Highlighted Vocabulary Words from the Standard Defined Crosscutting Concept
Env.8.3 Recognize and explain that in evolutionary change, the present arises from the materials of the past and in ways that can be explained, such as the formation of soil from rocks and dead organic matter. Evolutionary change – gradual change in the characteristics of a population of animals or plants over successive generations Stability and change Env.8.4 Describe how agricultural technology requires trade-offs between increased production and environmental harm and between efficient production and social values. Agricultural technology – application of techniques to control the growth and harvesting of animal and vegetable products Cause and effect Env.8.5 Describe and examine how is controlled in developed and undeveloped nations. Energy and matter Env.8.6 Understand and describe the concept and the importance of natural and recycling in conserving our natural resources. Cause and effect Energy and matter Env. 8.7 Understand and explain that waste management includes considerations of quantity, safety, degradability, and cost. Also understand that waste management requires social and technological innovations because waste-disposal problems are political and economic as well as technical. Quantity – amount or number of a material or immaterial not usually estimated by spatial measurement Safety – condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury Degradability – compound that breaks down into simpler compounds by stages Cost – amount that has to be paid or to buy or obtain something Cause and effect Systems and system models Crosscutting Concepts