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Middle School - Science

MS-LS2-1. - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

MS-LS2-2. - Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

MS-LS2-3. - Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

MS-LS4-2. - Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.