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From this browse and search tool, you will find the New York State (NYS) Learning Standards statements for all seven standard areas across grades Pre K - 12. The NYS Learning Standards provides the foundation for the NYS Assessments and the local core curriculum.

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Standard Area - MST: Math, Science & Technology

Standard - MST4: Science
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

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Performance Indicator - MST4.I.LE.3.2:
Students describe factors responsible for competition within species and the significance of that competition.

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Major Understandings - MST4.I.LE.3.2a:
In all environments, organisms with similar needs may compete with one another for resources.

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Major Understandings - MST4.I.LE.3.2b:
Extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient to permit its survival. Extinction of species is common. Fossils are evidence that a great variety of species existed in the past.

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Major Understandings - MST4.I.LE.3.2c:
Many thousands of layers of sedimentary rock provide evidence for the long history of Earth and for the long history of changing life forms whose remains are found in the rocks. Recently deposited rock layers are more likely to contain fossils resembling existing species.

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Major Understandings - MST4.I.LE.3.2d:
Although the time needed for change in a species is usually great, some species of insects and bacteria have undergone significant change in just a few years.