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! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Exam
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! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
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|-
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:white;" | [[August 2026 Life Science: Biology Exam|August 2026]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Invasive Mussels|Invasive Mussels]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|Question 35]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Invasive Mussels|Invasive Mussels]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|Question 38]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Parrots and Biodiversity|Parrots and Biodiversity]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Parrots and Biodiversity#q4|Question 43]]
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|-
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:white;" | [[June 2026 Life Science: Biology Exam|June 2026]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?|Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?#q1|Question 6]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mercury Rising|Mercury Rising]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|Question 47]]
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|-
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:white;" | [[January 2026 Life Science: Biology Exam|January 2026]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Space Invader|Space Invader]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Space Invader#q3|Question 8]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Honeybee Behavior and Threats|Honeybee Behavior and Threats]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Honeybee Behavior and Threats#q3|Question 30]]
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|-
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:white;" | [[August 2025 Life Science: Biology Exam|August 2025]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Trees Have Organ Systems|Trees Have Organ Systems]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Trees Have Organ Systems#q3|Question 3]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species|Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|Question 7]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ivory and Elephants|Ivory and Elephants]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ivory and Elephants#q1|Question 15]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[June 2025 Life Science: Biology Exam|June 2025]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?|Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?#q4|Question 4]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Biology Sample Questions|Sample clusters]] (Spring 2024)
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster|Coral Reefs]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster#q3|Question 3]]
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== Vocabulary ==
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Terms from the [[Biology Glossary]] that come from this standard or from the released exam questions that assess it.
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<div class="vocab-subhead">From this standard</div>
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* abiotic factors
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* abundance
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* average
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* biodiversity
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* carrying capacity
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* competition
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* design solution
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* disease
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* disturbance
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* ecosystem
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* ecosystem stability
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* fluctuation
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* habitat
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* population
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* predation
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* proportion
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* resources
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* species
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* trend
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<div class="vocab-subhead">From released exam questions</div>
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<div class="vocab-list" style="column-width:20em;">
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* [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster#q3|acidity]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?#q1|algae]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|aquatic]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?#q1|June 2026]]
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|bacteria]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|June 2026]]
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* [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|cannibalism]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?#q4|carbon]] – June 2025, [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster#q3|Sample 2024]]
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* [[Questions:Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?#q1|cell]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Space Invader#q3|cellular respiration]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|claim]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Space Invader#q3|Jan 2026]], [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|Aug 2025]], [[Questions:Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?#q4|June 2025]], [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster#q3|Sample 2024]]
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* [[Questions:Trees Have Organ Systems#q3|climate]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Honeybee Behavior and Threats#q3|colony]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|consumer]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster#q3|coral reef]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Parrots and Biodiversity#q4|deforestation]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|dissolved oxygen]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|egg (egg cell)]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|Aug 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|fertilization]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|filter feeder]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|fishing]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|food chain]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|food web]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|gill]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|invasive species]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|invertebrate]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|larva]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|June 2026]], [[Questions:Honeybee Behavior and Threats#q3|Jan 2026]]
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|life cycle]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|life expectancy]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|Aug 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Space Invader#q3|lipid]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|native species]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?#q1|nitrogen]] – June 2026, [[Questions:Space Invader#q3|Jan 2026]]
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* [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|ocean]] – Aug 2025, [[Questions:Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?#q4|June 2025]], [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster#q3|Sample 2024]]
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* [[Questions:Coral Reefs Sample Cluster#q3|ocean acidification]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|organic matter]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Space Invader#q3|oxygen]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Honeybee Behavior and Threats#q3|parasite]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Honeybee Behavior and Threats#q3|parasitism]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Nitrogen: Friend or Foe?#q1|pH]] – June 2026, [[Questions:Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?#q4|June 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|phosphorus]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Ivory and Elephants#q1|poaching]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Ivory and Elephants#q1|population size]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|predator]] – June 2026, [[Questions:Ivory and Elephants#q1|Aug 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q1|prey]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|June 2026]]
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* [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|probability]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|producer]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|reproductive cycle]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|reproductive strategy]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|sediment]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|June 2026]]
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* [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|sperm]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|survival]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|Aug 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Invasive Mussels#q4|survival rate]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species#q3|survivorship curve]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|tissue]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|top predator]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|trophic level]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Ivory and Elephants#q1|tusk]] – Aug 2025
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<div class="vocab-subhead">Implied by this standard</div>
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<div class="vocab-list">
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* biomagnification – [[Questions:Mercury Rising#q2|June 2026 Mercury Rising]]: mercury in each organism of the food chain is "ten times higher than their prey".
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 27 September 2026

← HS-LS2-1
HS-LS2-6 →

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

Clarification statement: Examples of mathematical representations could include finding the average, determining trends, and using graphical comparisons of multiple sets of data.

Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to provided data.

Assessment

What assessment of HS-LS2-2 might look like on a NY state exam.

Exam Cluster Question
August 2026 Invasive Mussels Question 35
Invasive Mussels Question 38
Parrots and Biodiversity Question 43
June 2026 Nitrogen: Friend or Foe? Question 6
Mercury Rising Question 47
January 2026 Space Invader Question 8
Honeybee Behavior and Threats Question 30
August 2025 Trees Have Organ Systems Question 3
Strategies for Survival in Different Animal Species Question 7
Ivory and Elephants Question 15
June 2025 Carbon! Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go? Question 4
Sample clusters (Spring 2024) Coral Reefs Question 3

Performance Level Descriptions

PLDs communicate the knowledge and skills expected of students to demonstrate proficiency in each Learning Standard. NYS assessments classify student performance into one of five levels.

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Level 1: Use a mathematical representation to identify a factor, from those provided, that affects biodiversity or populations in an ecosystem.
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Level 2: Use a mathematical representation to support a given explanation by identifying evidence about factor(s) affecting biodiversity and/or population(s) in ecosystem(s).
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Level 3: Use a mathematical representation to revise an explanation based on evidence about factor(s) affecting biodiversity and/or population(s) in ecosystem(s) of different scales.
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Level 4: Use a mathematical representation to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
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Level 5: Use a mathematical representation to analyze, and/or apply mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

Vocabulary

Terms from the Biology Glossary that come from this standard or from the released exam questions that assess it.

From this standard
  • abiotic factors
  • abundance
  • average
  • biodiversity
  • carrying capacity
  • competition
  • design solution
  • disease
  • disturbance
  • ecosystem
  • ecosystem stability
  • fluctuation
  • habitat
  • population
  • predation
  • proportion
  • resources
  • species
  • trend
From released exam questions
Implied by this standard
  • biomagnification – June 2026 Mercury Rising: mercury in each organism of the food chain is "ten times higher than their prey".

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of HS-LS2-2.

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NGSS Dimensions

Performance expectation HS-LS2-2 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices
  • Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
    • Use mathematical representations of phenomena or design solutions to support and revise explanations.
  • Scientific knowledge is open to revision in light of new evidence: Most scientific knowledge is quite durable, but is, in principle, subject to change based on new evidence and/or reinterpretation of existing evidence.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
  • LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
    • Ecosystems have carrying capacities, which are limits to the numbers of organisms and populations they can support. Organisms would have the capacity to produce populations of great size were it not for the fact that enviroments and resources are finite. This fundamental tension affects the abundance (number of individuals) of species in any given ecosystem.
    • (NYSED) Carrying capacity results from the availability of biotic and abiotic factors and from challenges such as predation, competition, and disease.
  • LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
    • A complex set of interactions within an ecosystem can keep its numbers and types of organisms relatively constant over long periods of time under stable conditions. If a modest biological or physical disturbance to an ecosystem occurs, it may return to its more or less original status (i.e., the ecosystem is resilient), as opposed to becoming a very different ecosystem. Extreme fluctuations in conditions or the size of any population, however, can challenge the functioning of ecosystems in terms of resources and habitat availability.
Crosscutting Concepts
  • Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
    • Using the concept of orders of magnitude allows one to understand how a model at one scale relates to a model at another scale.
Page contributors: Conrad Richman, Caroline Leonard
Biology | HS. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
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