NSES Content Standard F
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Changes in environments Grades K-4, page 140 Environments are the space, conditions, and factors that affect individual's
and population's ability to survive and their quality of life.
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Benchmark 5D The Living Environment:
Interdependence of Life
Grades 6-8, page 117
In all environments--freshwater, marine, forest, desert, grassland,
mountain, and others--organisms with similar needs may compete with one
another for resources, including food, space, water, air, and shelter.
In any particular environment, the growth and survival of organisms depend
on the physical conditions.