Standard #: SC.912.L.17.19


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Describe how different natural resources are produced and how their rates of use and renewal limit availability.


General Information

Subject Area: Science
Grade: 912
Body of Knowledge: Life Science
Standard: Interdependence -

A. The distribution and abundance of organisms is determined by the interactions between organisms, and between organisms and the non-living environment.

B. Energy and nutrients move within and between biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems via physical, chemical and biological processes.

C. Human activities and natural events can have profound effects on populations, biodiversity and ecosystem processes.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved

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Text Resources

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Student Resources

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