Living Systems and Processes

Virginia SOL 4.3.EI

Investigate interactions between organisms and their ecosystems, including food webs and classification.

What students need to be able to do

  • Recognize interrelationships in populations, communities, and ecosystems.
  • Construct and analyze food webs to show energy flow within an ecosystem.
  • Explain how changes in an organism’s niche and habitat may occur at various life cycle stages.
  • Use classification to identify organisms.