Bear Mannerisms - STANDARDS

Understands how species depend on one another and on the environment for survival. Knows that behavior is one kind of response an organism may make to an internal or environmental stimulus, and may be determined by heredity or from past experience; a behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms.   Understands the basic concept of the evolution of species. Knows that biological evolution accounts for a diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations; species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations.   Knows about the diversity and unity that characterize life. Knows that although different species look very different, the unity among organisms becomes apparent from an analysis of internal structures, observation of the similarity of their chemical processes, and the evidence of common ancestry.