Understands and applies knowledge of matter, energy, and organization in living systems
"Matter, energy, and organization in living systems" is an essential concept or a world-class secondary science curriculum. Included in "matter, energy, and organization in living systems" is the following content:
Entropy and energy input
- Living systems require continuous energy input
- Sunlight serves as the original energy source for life
- Plants photosynthesize producing building blocks for making macromolecules
- Photosynthesis stores energy in chemical bonds
- Cell respiration release chemical bond energy which is temporarily stored in ATP
- Organism complexity accommodates matter and energy needs
- Ecosystem and population limiting factors
- Matter and energy are conserved as they flow through and between organisms
- Some energy dissipates into the environment as heat