MS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

• MS-LS2-1
  Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• MS-LS2-2
  Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
• MS-LS2-3
  Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
• MS-LS2-4
  Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
• MS-LS2-5
  Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.