AS 91603 · 5 credits · External
Plant and animal responses
Demonstrate understanding of the responses of plants and animals to their external environment
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You need to show you understand how plants and animals respond to things in their environment—like light, temperature, seasons, and other organisms. Your answers should describe what happens, explain the processes involved, and connect these responses to how organisms survive and reproduce better than others in their ecological home.
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What you actually do
- ·Describe plant and animal responses to external factors (both physical like light and temperature, and living things like predators or competitors)
- ·Explain the biological processes and mechanisms that make these responses happen
- ·Identify and explain the selective advantages—how these responses help organisms survive or reproduce better in their specific environment
- ·Use accurate biological terminology and avoid vague language (e.g., understand phytochrome forms, distinguish between diurnal and circadian rhythms)
- ·Link your ideas together logically to show the bigger picture of how responses connect to survival and reproductive success
AAchieved
You describe what the response is, explain some of the process involved, and identify advantages without fully connecting them to survival or reproductive success.
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