A. All living things share certain characteristics.
B. The scientific theory of cells, also called cell theory, is a fundamental organizing principle of life on Earth.
C. Life can be organized in a functional and structural hierarchy.
D. Life is maintained by various physiological functions essential for growth, reproduction, and homeostasis.
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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
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- Clarification :
Students will identify and/or describe patterns in the hierarchical organization of organisms, from atoms to molecules, to cells, to tissues, to organs, to organ systems, to organisms. - Content Limits :
Items will not assess cell specialization.
Items may use the terms for the types of tissues in animals (epithelial, muscle, nervous, connective) but will not assess knowledge of the structure or function of these types of tissues. - Stimulus Attributes :
Scenarios referring to atoms and molecules are limited to biotic contexts. - Response Attributes :
None specified - Prior Knowledge :
This benchmark grouping is foundational. These concepts have not been introduced in the NGSSS prior to this grade-level grouping.
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: Structures in the human body work together to perform specific functions. The diagram below shows the organization of structures found in the human body.
a picture of which of the following structures belongs in the box above?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
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Original Student Tutorials Science - Grades K-8
Learn how to identify explicit evidence and understand implicit meaning in a text.
You should be able to describe the hierarchical organization of living things from the atom, to the molecule, to the cell, to the tissue, to the organ, to the organ system, and to the organism.
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Learn how to identify explicit evidence and understand implicit meaning in a text.
You should be able to describe the hierarchical organization of living things from the atom, to the molecule, to the cell, to the tissue, to the organ, to the organ system, and to the organism.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
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This site explores the relationship of the size of the cell and many other common objects, molecules, and atoms. It is an interactive website that shows the scale of the objects in relations to each other.
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