Life Science
MS-LS2-1
Resource availability and populations
Performance expectation
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Clarification
Emphasis is on cause-and-effect relationships between resources and growth of individuals or numbers of organisms during abundant and scarce periods.
Assessment boundary
No additional assessment boundary is stated.
SEP
Practice
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
DCI
Core idea
- LS2.A
CCC
Reasoning lens
- Cause and Effect
Evidence map
Rooms connected to MS-LS2-1.
“Primary” means the chapter includes an observable performance and assessable artifact for this expectation; “supporting” builds context.
Connections recorded in the official model
ELA/literacy: RST.6–8.1, RST.6–8.7
Mathematics: No specific code recorded.
California Environmental Principles and Concepts: I, II, III, IV, V
Verified 2026-07-29. Open the official California source.