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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: NGSS StrandMap-PreK-6-WC.cmap, LS4.D Changes in biodiversity can influence humans’ resources and ecosystem services they rely on. ESS3.A Humans depend on Earth’s land, ocean, atmosphere,and biosphere for different resources, many of which are limited or not renewable., ESS2.E Living things can affect the physical characteristics of their environment. LS4.D Changes in biodiversity can influence humans’ resources and ecosystem services they rely on., ESS3.C Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies. ESS3.D Global climate models used to predict changes continue to be improved, although discoveries about the global climate system are ongoing and continually needed., ESS2.E Biodiversity is increased by formation of new species and reduced by extinction. Humans depend on biodiversity but also have adverse impacts on it. Sustaining biodiversity is essential to supporting life on Earth. LS2.A Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem., ESS1.B The solar system contains many varied objects held together by gravity. Solar system models explain and predict eclipses, lunar phases, and seasons. ESS2.D Complex interactions determine local weather patterns and influence climate, including the role of the ocean., LS4.C Evolution results primarily from genetic variation of individuals in a species, competition for resources, and proliferation of organisms better able to survive and reproduce. Adaptation means that the distribution of traits in a population, as well as species expansion, emergence or extinction, can change when conditions change. LS4.D Biodiversity is increased by formation of new species and reduced by extinction. Humans depend on biodiversity but also have adverse impacts on it. Sustaining biodiversity is essential to supporting life on Earth., LS4.D A range of different organisms lives in different places. ESS3.A Humans use natural resources for everything they do., ESS3.A Humans use natural resources for everything they do. ESS3.A Energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural sources and their use affects the environment. Some resources are renewable over time, others are not., LS2.A Organisms and populations are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors, any of which can limit their growth. Competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems but the patterns are shared. LS2.C Ecosystem characteristics vary over time. Disruptions to any part of an ecosystem can lead to shifts in all of its populations. The completeness or integrity of an ecosystem’s biodiversity is often used as a measure of its health., ESS2.D Climate describes patterns of typical weather conditions over different scales and variations. Historical weather patterns can be analyzed. ESS2.D Complex interactions determine local weather patterns and influence climate, including the role of the ocean., ESS3.A Humans depend on Earth’s land, ocean, atmosphere,and biosphere for different resources, many of which are limited or not renewable. ESS3.A Resource availability has guided the development of human society and use of natural resources has associated costs, risks, and benefits., ESS3.C Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people’s impacts on Earth. ESS3.C Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies., PS1.B Reacting substances rearrange to form different molecules, but the number of atoms is conserved. Some reactions release energy and others absorb energy. LS2.B Plants use the energy from light to make sugars through photosynthesis.Within individual organisms, food is broken down through a series of chemical reactions that rearrange molecules and release energy., ESS2.C Most of Earth’s water is in the ocean and much of the Earth’s fresh water is in glaciers or underground. ESS2.C Water cycles among land, ocean, and atmosphere, and is propelled by sunlight and gravity. Density variations of sea water drive interconnected ocean currents..., ESS2.D Complex interactions determine local weather patterns and influence climate, including the role of the ocean. ESS2.D The role of radiation from the sun and its interactions with the atmosphere, ocean, and land are the foundation for the global climate system. Global climate models are used to predict future changes, including changes influenced by human behavior and natural factors., LS2.A Organisms and populations are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors, any of which can limit their growth. Competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems but the patterns are shared. LS2.A Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem., PS3.D Sunlight is captured by plants and used in a reaction to produce sugar molecules, which can be reversed by burning those molecules to release energy. PS3.D Photosynthesis is the primary biological means of capturing radiation from the sun; energy cannot be destroyed, it can be converted to less useful forms., ESS1.B The Earth’s orbit and rotation, and the orbit of the moon around the Earth cause observable patterns. ESS2.D Climate describes patterns of typical weather conditions over different scales and variations. Historical weather patterns can be analyzed., PS3.AB Kinetic energy can be distinguished from the various forms of potential energy. Energy changes to and from each type can be tracked through physical or chemical interactions. The relationship between the temperature and the total energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter. ESS3.A Humans depend on Earth’s land, ocean, atmosphere,and biosphere for different resources, many of which are limited or not renewable., LS2.A The food of almost any animal can be traced back to plants. Organisms are related in food webs in which some animals eat plants for food and other animals eat the animals that eat plants, while decomposers restore some materials back to the soil. LS2.C When the environment changes some organisms survive and reproduce, some move to new locations, some move into the transformed environment, and some die.