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Skill plan for the North Carolina State Tests - Biology

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From Molecules to Organisms - Structures and Processes
Ecosystems - Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Heredity - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Biological Evolution - Unity and Diversity

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From Molecules to Organisms - Structures and Processes
How the relationship between structure and function supports life processes within organisms		Biomolecules 1. Structure and function: carbohydrates 2. Structure and function: proteins 3. Structure and function: lipids 4. Identify the structures and functions of biomolecules 5. Compare the structures and functions of biomolecules Understand cells 6. Cells and cell theory Plant cells 7. Identify functions of plant cell parts 8. Plant cell diagrams: label parts Animal cells 9. Identify functions of animal cell parts 10. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Cell membrane and cell transport 11. Structure and function of the cell membrane 12. Types of passive transport Structure of DNA 13. Structure and function: nucleic acids 14. Introduction to the genetic code Codon charts 15. Read a codon wheel 16. Read a codon table 17. Use a codon wheel to transcribe and translate DNA sequences 18. Use a codon table to transcribe and translate DNA sequences
How the relationship between structure and function supports life processes within organisms
Biomolecules 1. Structure and function: carbohydrates 2. Structure and function: proteins 3. Structure and function: lipids 4. Identify the structures and functions of biomolecules 5. Compare the structures and functions of biomolecules Understand cells 6. Cells and cell theory Plant cells 7. Identify functions of plant cell parts 8. Plant cell diagrams: label parts Animal cells 9. Identify functions of animal cell parts 10. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Cell membrane and cell transport 11. Structure and function of the cell membrane 12. Types of passive transport Structure of DNA 13. Structure and function: nucleic acids 14. Introduction to the genetic code Codon charts 15. Read a codon wheel 16. Read a codon table 17. Use a codon wheel to transcribe and translate DNA sequences 18. Use a codon table to transcribe and translate DNA sequences

The growth and development processes of organisms		The cell cycle 1. Introduction to cell division 2. The cell cycle Mitosis 3. Describe phases of mitosis and the cell cycle 4. Identify phases of mitosis and the cell cycle in plant cells
The growth and development processes of organisms
The cell cycle 1. Introduction to cell division 2. The cell cycle Mitosis 3. Describe phases of mitosis and the cell cycle 4. Identify phases of mitosis and the cell cycle in plant cells

The relationship between biochemical processes and energy use		Homeostasis and feedback loops 1. Homeostasis and feedback loops Photosynthesis and cell respiration 2. The chemistry of photosynthesis 3. The chemistry of cellular respiration
The relationship between biochemical processes and energy use
Homeostasis and feedback loops 1. Homeostasis and feedback loops Photosynthesis and cell respiration 2. The chemistry of photosynthesis 3. The chemistry of cellular respiration

Ecosystems - Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
The relationships between matter and energy within ecosystems		Food webs and pyramids 1. Interpret a Serengeti food web 2. Interpret an Antarctic food web Ecosystem cycles 3. The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions
The relationships between matter and energy within ecosystems
Food webs and pyramids 1. Interpret a Serengeti food web 2. Interpret an Antarctic food web Ecosystem cycles 3. The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions

Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience		Ecosystem stability 1. Patterns of population growth Ecosystem health 2. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity
Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience
Ecosystem stability 1. Patterns of population growth Ecosystem health 2. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity

Heredity - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Genetic mechanisms for variation		1. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part I 2. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part II
Genetic mechanisms for variation
1. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part I 2. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part II

Types of inheritance and how the environment can influence traits		Introduction to genetics 1. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 2. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive Punnett squares 3. Punnett squares: Mendelian inheritance 4. Punnett squares: incomplete dominance and codominance 5. Punnett squares: multiple alleles
Types of inheritance and how the environment can influence traits
Introduction to genetics 1. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 2. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive Punnett squares 3. Punnett squares: Mendelian inheritance 4. Punnett squares: incomplete dominance and codominance 5. Punnett squares: multiple alleles

Biological Evolution - Unity and Diversity
Natural selection as a mechanism for biological evolution		1. Evaluate fossil evidence of evolution 2. Construct explanations of natural selection
Natural selection as a mechanism for biological evolution
1. Evaluate fossil evidence of evolution 2. Construct explanations of natural selection

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