AS 92020 · 5 credits · Internal
Microorganism and environment
Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between a microorganism and the environment
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This standard asks you to show you understand how microorganisms interact with their environment. You'll look at what a microorganism does (like how it feeds or reproduces), describe the environmental conditions around it, and explain how changes in those conditions affect the microorganism—or vice versa.
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What you actually do
- ·Describe a life process of a microorganism (e.g., how bacteria excrete waste, how fungi absorb nutrients through hyphae, or how viruses replicate)
- ·Identify and describe an abiotic (non-living) or biotic (living) factor in the environment that affects that microorganism
- ·Use observations or data (your own or from research) to support your descriptions and explanations
- ·For Merit: link how a change in an environmental factor directly affects the microorganism's life process
- ·For Excellence: examine how the microorganism itself changes or affects its environment in return
AAchieved
You describe what a microorganism does and describe an environmental factor that affects it, using observations to back up your ideas.
MMerit
You explain how a change in the environment causes a specific effect on what the microorganism does, making the connection clear.