Colorado Academic Standards
Science
Standard 1. Physical Science
1. Patterns of motion can be used to predict future motion.
2. Objects in contact exert forces on each other; electric and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require contact.
Standard 2. Life Science
1. Organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.
2. Being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves, and cope with changes.
3. Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information; the environment also affects the traits that an organism develops.
4. Some living organisms resemble organisms that once lived on Earth.
5. Sometimes differences in characteristics between individuals of the same species provide advantages in survival and reproduction.
Standard 3. Earth and Space Science
1. Climate describes patterns of typical weather conditions over different scales and variations; historical weather patterns can be analyzed.
2. A variety of weather hazards result from natural process; humans cannot eliminate weather-related hazards but can reduce their impacts.