Biology 2

Students examine organisms’ structures and functions for life processes, including growth and reproduction.

Students inquire how organisms and populations of organisms obtain resources from their environment.

Students explore how biological evolution explains unity and diversity of species

Distinguish the structure and function in cells and organisms

Relate cell growth and division to organisms’ growth and developmental processes

Investigate how cells capture, store, and transform energy

Analyze how reproductive cells store genetic information and pass on genetic traits from parents to offspring

Assess how the process of meiosis, along with the principles of dominance, segregation, independent assortment, and mutations caused by environmental factors, leads to genetic variations and phenotypic differentiation

Investigate the interdependent relationships in ecosystems

Compare the different levels of biological organization used in ecology in terms of feeding relationships and energy sources

Investigate the effects of human activities on the environment

Assess multiple lines of evidence that support the theory of evolution

Connect the principles of taxonomy to the existence of genetic variation in species

Analyze the theory of natural selection to see how it explains evolution and the diversity of life

Analyze how genetic technology improves human health and quality of life