BiologyQ&A by dot point

Use a model to illustrate how cellular respiration breaks the bonds of glucose and oxygen to release energy, and relate it to photosynthesis (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-7).

Plan and conduct an investigation, and analyze data, to explain how enzymes lower activation energy and how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1).

Construct and revise an explanation, based on evidence, for how carbon-based macromolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids) are built from smaller subunits and carry out the functions of life (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-6).

Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy in glucose (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-5).

Construct an explanation, based on evidence, for why the chemistry of carbon and the properties of water make life possible (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-6).

Develop and use a model to explain how the structure of cell organelles relates to their functions within the cell (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-2).

Construct an explanation, supported by evidence, for the cell theory and the idea that the cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1).

Make and defend a claim, based on evidence, that meiosis produces genetic variation by forming new combinations of alleles in gametes (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS3-2).

Develop and use a model to compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and explain how their structures relate to their functions (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-2).

Develop and use a model of the cell cycle and mitosis to explain how cells divide for growth and repair, producing genetically identical cells (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1).

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the cell membrane controls transport and helps maintain homeostasis (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-3).

Develop a model to illustrate the cycling of matter, including the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the carbon cycle (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS2-5).

Use mathematical representations to support claims about how biodiversity and interactions affect the stability and resilience of ecosystems (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS2-2).

Use mathematical representations to support explanations of the flow of energy through food chains and food webs in an ecosystem (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS2-4).

Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the adverse impacts of human activity on the environment and biodiversity (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS2-7).

Use mathematical and computational representations to explain the factors that affect the carrying capacity and growth of populations in an ecosystem (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS2-1).

Construct an argument, based on evidence, for the importance of biodiversity and how evolution produces the diversity of life (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS4).

Develop and use models (classification hierarchy and cladograms) to show how organisms are grouped and how they are related by common ancestry (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS4).

Analyze and interpret data for the multiple lines of empirical evidence (anatomical, molecular, and fossil) that support common ancestry and biological evolution (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS4-1).

Construct an explanation, and apply concepts of probability, for how natural selection leads to the adaptation of populations (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS4-2 and HS-LS4-4).

Evaluate evidence that changes in environmental conditions may result in changes to populations, the rise of new species, or extinction (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS4-5).

Communicate information and evaluate the benefits and concerns of biotechnology, including genetic engineering, GMOs, and DNA fingerprinting (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS3).

Ask questions and construct an explanation about how the structure of DNA stores genetic information and is copied accurately by replication (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS3-1).

Apply concepts of statistics and probability, using Punnett squares, to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits from a genetic cross (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS3-3).

Make and defend a claim, based on evidence, that mutations and new genetic combinations are sources of inheritable variation (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS3-2).

Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain patterns of inheritance beyond simple dominance, including incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles, polygenic, and sex-linked traits (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS3-3).

Construct an explanation, based on evidence, for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins through transcription and translation (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-1).

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis in an organism (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-3).

Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-2).

Construct an explanation for how the immune system defends the body against pathogens and how vaccines provide immunity (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1).

Develop and use a model to explain how the nervous and endocrine systems coordinate body functions and contribute to homeostasis (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-2 and HS-LS1-3).

Develop and use a model to explain how the circulatory and respiratory systems transport substances and exchange gases to support cells (Louisiana Student Standards for Science, High School Biology, HS-LS1-2).