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National Science Education Standards
Standard  F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

• Natural Resources

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Hawaii Content and Performance Standards

• Marine Science 4.3: Describe the characteristics of coral reefs

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American Samoa Content Standards

• Benchmark 5.3:  Understands biological evolution and the diversity of life.
• Benchmark 5.4: Understands relationships among organisms, and between organisms and their environment.

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Guam Content Standards and Performance Indicators

• Biology 2.24: Locate on a map, identify by characteristics, and explain the role of the major Earth biomes and discuss how the abiotic and biotic factors interact within these ecosystems; also, explain how abiotic and biotic processes are different within each of these ecosystems.