B2. Exploring and Understanding Concepts
Specific Expectations
Habitats and Communities
B2.1
describe habitats as areas that provide organisms, including plants and animals, with the necessities of life, and identify ways in which a local habitat provides these necessities
B2.2
describe a community as a group of interacting species sharing a common habitat, and identify factors that affect the ability of a community of plants and animals to survive in a local habitat
B2.3
describe the relationship of organisms in a food chain, and classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers
B2.4
demonstrate an understanding of a food web as the interconnection of multiple food chains in a natural community
B2.5
describe how animals are categorized according to their diet, and categorize various animals as carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores
B2.6
describe structural adaptations of a variety of plants and animals and how these adaptations allow the organisms to survive in specific habitats
B2.7
explain why all habitats have limits to the number of plants and animals they can support