Gizmos for Pennsylvania - Science: Biology (Keystone Exams Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content adopted 2014)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

BIO.A: : Cells and Cell Processes

BIO.A.1: : Basic Biological Principles

BIO.A.1.2: : Describe relationships between structure and function at biological levels of organization.

BIO.A.1.2.1: : Compare cellular structures and their functions in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

BIO.A.1.2.2: : Describe and interpret relationships between structure and function at various levels of biological organization (i.e., organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and multicellular organisms).

BIO.A.2: : The Chemical Basis for Life

BIO.A.2.3: : Explain how enzymes regulate biochemical reactions within a cell.

BIO.A.2.3.1: : Describe the role of an enzyme as a catalyst in regulating a specific biochemical reaction.

BIO.A.2.3.2: : Explain how factors such as pH, temperature, and concentration levels can affect enzyme function.

BIO.A.3: : Bioenergetics

BIO.A.3.1: : Identify and describe the cell structures involved in processing energy.

BIO.A.3.1.1: : Describe the fundamental roles of plastids (e.g., chloroplasts) and mitochondria in energy transformations.

BIO.A.3.2: : Identify and describe how organisms obtain and transform energy for their life processes.

BIO.A.3.2.1: : Compare the basic transformation of energy during photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

BIO.A.3.2.2: : Describe the role of ATP in biochemical reactions.

BIO.A.4: : Homeostasis and Transport

BIO.A.4.1: : Identify and describe the cell structures involved in transport of materials into, out of, and throughout a cell.

BIO.A.4.1.2: : Compare the mechanisms that transport materials across the plasma membrane (i.e., passive transport—diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion; and active transport—pumps, endocytosis, exocytosis).

BIO.A.4.2: : Explain mechanisms that permit organisms to maintain biological balance between their internal and external environments.

BIO.A.4.2.1: : Explain how organisms maintain homeostasis (e.g., thermoregulation, water regulation, oxygen regulation).

BIO.B: : Continuity and Unity of Life

BIO.B.1: : Cell Growth and Reproduction

BIO.B.1.1: : Describe the three stages of the cell cycle: interphase, nuclear division, cytokinesis.

BIO.B.1.1.1: : Describe the events that occur during the cell cycle: interphase, nuclear division (i.e., mitosis or meiosis), cytokinesis.

BIO.B.1.1.2: : Compare the processes and outcomes of mitotic and meiotic nuclear divisions.

BIO.B.1.2: : Explain how genetic information is inherited.

BIO.B.1.2.1: : Describe how the process of DNA replication results in the transmission and/or conservation of genetic information.

BIO.B.1.2.2: : Explain the functional relationships between DNA, genes, alleles, and chromosomes and their roles in inheritance.

BIO.B.2: : Genetics

BIO.B.2.1: : Compare Mendelian and non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance.

BIO.B.2.1.1: : Describe and/or predict observed patterns of inheritance (i.e., dominant, recessive, co-dominance, incomplete dominance, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles).

BIO.B.2.1.2: : Describe processes that can alter composition or number of chromosomes (i.e., crossing-over, nondisjunction, duplication, translocation, deletion, insertion, and inversion).

BIO.B.2.2: : Explain the process of protein synthesis (i.e., transcription, translation, and protein modification).

BIO.B.2.2.2: : Describe the role of ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and the nucleus in the production of specific types of proteins.

BIO.B.2.4: : Apply scientific thinking, processes, tools, and technologies in the study of genetics.

BIO.B.2.4.1: : Explain how genetic engineering has impacted the fields of medicine, forensics, and agriculture (e.g., selective breeding, gene splicing, cloning, genetically modified organisms, gene therapy).

BIO.B.3: : Theory of Evolution

BIO.B.3.1: : Explain the mechanisms of evolution.

BIO.B.3.1.1: : Explain how natural selection can impact allele frequencies of a population.

BIO.B.3.1.2: : Describe the factors that can contribute to the development of new species (e.g., isolating mechanisms, genetic drift, founder effect, migration).

BIO.B.3.1.3: : Explain how genetic mutations may result in genotypic and phenotypic variations within a population.

BIO.B.3.2: : Analyze the sources of evidence for biological evolution.

BIO.B.3.2.1: : Interpret evidence supporting the theory of evolution (i.e., fossil, anatomical, physiological, embryological, biochemical, and universal genetic code).

BIO.B.4: : Ecology

BIO.B.4.1: : Describe ecological levels of organization in the biosphere.

BIO.B.4.1.2: : Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

BIO.B.4.2: : Describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.

BIO.B.4.2.1: : Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).

BIO.B.4.2.2: : Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).

BIO.B.4.2.3: : Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, and nitrogen cycle).

BIO.B.4.2.4: : Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).

BIO.B.4.2.5: : Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.

Correlation last revised: 4/24/2023

Pennsylvania - Science: Biology

Keystone Exams Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content | Adopted: 2014

BIO.A: : Cells and Cell Processes

BIO.B: : Continuity and Unity of Life