SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Scientific inquiry is a thoughtful and coordinated attempt to search out, describe, explain and predict natural phenomena.

SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.

SCIENTIFIC NUMERACY: Mathematics provides useful tools for the description, analysis and presentation of scientific data and ideas.

3.2 Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.

B 3 Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in land habitats.

B 4 Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in water habitats.

4.2 All organisms depend on the living and non-living features of the environment for survival.

B 11 Describe how natural phenomena and some human activities may cause changes to habitats and their inhabitants.