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STANDARD 5.5 (CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE): by Grade 2

Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators

A. Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems

Investigate the basic needs of humans and other organisms.
Compare and contrast essential characteristics that distinguish living things from nonliving things.

B. Diversity and Biological Evolution

Recognize that different types of plants and animals live in different parts of the world.
Recognize that some kinds of organisms that once lived on earth have completely disappeared.

C. Reproduction and Heredity

Recognize that humans and other organisms resemble their parents.

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