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Standard Area - MST:
  • Standard - MST4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
  • Key Idea Code - MST4.LE:
  • Key Idea - MST4.LE6: Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment.
  • Academic Level - MST4.C.LE6:
  • Performance Indicator - MST4.C.LE6B: Students explain the importance of preserving diversity of species and habitats.
  • Major Understandings - 6.2a : As a result of evolutionary processes, there is a diversity of organisms and roles in ecosystems. This diversity of species increases the chance that at least some will survive in the face of large environmental changes. Biodiversity increases the stability of the ecosystem.

  • Major Understandings - 6.2b : Biodiversity also ensures the availability of a rich variety of genetic material that may lead to future agricultural or medical discoveries with significant value to humankind. As diversity is lost, potential sources of these materials may be lost with it.
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