Living Systems and Processes

Virginia SOL 3.4

Investigate and understand how adaptations allow organisms to satisfy life needs and respond to the environment.

What students need to be able to do

  • Investigate how adaptations allow organisms to satisfy life needs and respond to the environment.
  • Recognize that populations may adapt over time.
  • Recognize that adaptations may be behavioral or physical.
  • Recognize that fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago as well as the nature of their environments.