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Recognize that food provides energy.
Access Point #: SC.8.L.18.Pa.2
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  • SC.8.L.18.2: Describe and investigate how cellular respiration breaks down food to provide energy and releases carbon dioxide.
  • SC.8.L.18.3: Construct a scientific model of the carbon cycle to show how matter and energy are continuously transferred within and between organisms and their physical environment.
  • SC.8.L.18.4: Cite evidence that living systems follow the Laws of Conservation of Mass and Energy.
Access Point Information
Number:
SC.8.L.18.Pa.2
Category:
Participatory
Date Adopted or Revised:
02/08
Big Idea:
Matter and Energy Transformations

A. Living things all share basic needs for life.

B. Living organisms acquire the energy they need for life processes through various metabolic pathways (photosynthesis and cellular respiration).

C. Matter and energy are recycled through cycles such as the carbon cycle.

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