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1 1)3.b. Identify Earth landforms and bodies of water (e.g., continents, islands, peninsulas, oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks).
1 1)3.e. basic needs of plants and animals and recognize that plants and animals both need to take in water, animals need food, and plants need light.
1 SS 1)5.a Identify settings of read-aloud stories as geographic locations
3 3)3.a. diverse life forms (including vertebrates and invertebrates) that live in different environments (e.g., deserts, tundras, forests, grasslands, taigas, wetlands) and the structures that serve different functions in their survival (e.g.
3 3)3.c. relationships between the basic needs of different organisms and discern how adaptations enable an organism to survive in a particular environment.
3 3)3.e. Recall that organisms can survive only when in environments (deserts, tundras, forests, grasslands, taigas, wetlands) in which their needs are met and interpret the interdependency of plants and animals within a food chain, including producer, consumer, d
4 4)3.a.1 Observable traits due to inherited or environmental adaptations
4 4)3.c. Compare characteristics of organisms, including growth and development, reproduction, acquisition and use of energy, and response to the environment.
4 4)3.c.2 Plant or animal structures that serve different functions in growth, adaptation, and survival
4 4)4.b.1 Compare and contrast Earthês geological features: Bodies of water, beaches, ocean ridges, continental shelves, plateaus, faults, canyons, sand dunes, and ice caps
5 5)3.a. diversity of organisms due to adaptations to show how organisms have evolved as a result of environmental changes.
5 5)3.a.2 Adaptations that increase an organismês chances to survive and reproduce in a particular habitat (e.g., cacti needles/leaves, fur/scales)
K K)3.a Group animals and plants by their physical features (e.g., size, appearance, color).



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