KEY CONCEPT Unifying themes connect concepts from many fields of biology.

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KEY CONCEPTUnifying themes connect concepts from
many fields of biology.
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FL Next Generation Sunshine State Standard-NGSSS

• SC.912.L.15.13 Describe the conditions required
  for natural selection, including overproduction
  of offspring, inherited variation, and the
  struggle to survive, which result in differential
  reproductive success. (MODERATE)

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• SC.912.N.1.1 Define a problem based on a
  specific body of knowledge like biology and do
  the following
• 2. Conduct systematic observations

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All levels of life have systems of related parts.

• A system is an organized group of interacting
  parts.
• A cell is a system of chemicals and processes.
• A body system includes organs that interact.
• An ecosystem includes living and nonliving things
  that interact.

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• Biologists study many different systems.

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Structure and function are related in biology.

• Structure determines function.
• Proteins with different structures perform
  different functions.
• Heart muscle cells have a different structure and
  function than stomach muscle cells.
• Different species have different anatomical
  structures with different functions.

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Organisms must maintain homeostasis to survive in
diverse environments.

• Homeostasis is the maintenance of constant
  internal conditions.

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• Homeostasis is the maintenance of constant
  internal conditions.

• Homeostasis is usually maintained through
  negative feedback.
• Negative feedback systems return a condition to
  its normal (set) point.

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• Behaviors and adaptations can help maintain
  homeostasis.

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Evolution explains the unity and diversity of
life.

• Evolution is the change in living things over
  time.
• The genetic makeup of a population of a species
  changes.
• Evolution can occur through natural selection of
  adaptations.
• Adaptations are beneficial inherited traits that
  are passed to future generations.
• Adaptation in different environment results in
  different species

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• Types of Data SC.912.N.1.1
• Qualitative data are descriptions in words of
  what is being observed. They are based on some
  quality of an observation such as color, odor, or
  texture.
• Quantitative data are numeric measurements. The
  data are objective- they are the
• same no matter who
• measures them. They
• include measurement,
• such as mass, volume,
• temperature, distance,
• concentration, time, or
• frequency.