Alabama State Standards for Science: Grade 7

AL.1. Life Science - Students will:

1.1. Describe characteristics common to living things, including growth and development, reproduction, cellular organization, use of energy, exchange of gases, and response to the environment. 416
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1.2. Identify functions of organelles found in eukaryotic cells, including the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, mitochondria, chloroplasts, and vacuoles. Example: mitochondria releasing energy for use in cellular respiration 331
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1.3. Relate major tissues and organs of the skeletal, circulatory, reproductive, muscular, respiratory, nervous, and digestive systems to their functions. 90
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1.4. Describe organisms in the six-kingdom classification system by their characteristics. 23
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1.5. Identify major differences between plants and animals, including internal structures, external structures, methods of locomotion, methods of reproduction, and stages of development. 324
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1.6. Describe evidence of species variation due to climate, changing landforms, interspecies interaction, and genetic mutation. Examples: fossil records over geologic time, rapid bacterial mutations due to environmental pressures 132
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1.7. Describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment. Examples: biotic - plants, animals; abiotic - climate, water, soil 175
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1.8. Describe the function of chromosomes. 107
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1.9. Identify the process of chromosome reduction in the production of sperm and egg cells during meiosis. 33
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1.10. Identify differences between deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Examples: DNA - double helix, contains thymine; RNA - single stranded, contains uracil 33
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1.11. Identify Mendel's laws of genetics. 33
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