(1) The benchmark for science content standard 3 at the end of grade 4 is that students will:

(a) identify that plants and animals have structures and systems that serve different functions for growth, survival, and reproduction;

(b) identify, measure, and describe basic requirements of energy and nutritional needs for an organism;

(c) describe and use models that trace the life cycles of different plants and animals and discuss how they differ from species to species;

(d) explain cause and effect relationships between nonliving and living components within ecosystems and explain individual response to the changes in the environment including identifying differences between inherited, instinctual, and learned behaviors; and

(e) create and use a classification system to group a variety of plants and animals according to their similarities and differences.