Structure of Quest:
Be prepared for fill in the blank, multiple choice, short answer questions. There will also be 1 essay question on the quest. (You will be given 2 and you need to pick 1 to answer.)
How To Prepare:
*Review All Notes from Class
*Review Chapter 3 (Living in the Environment)- All sections except SOIL
*Study Specific Content below
- Define ecology. List and distinguish among five levels of organization of matter that are the focus of the realm of ecology.
- Define abiotic component of an ecosystem. Define biotic component of an ecosystem. Distinguish between producers and consumers. List and distinguish four types of consumers. Distinguish among scavengers, detritus feeders and decomposers. Distinguish between photosynthesizers and chemosynthesizers; aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration
- Summarize the law of tolerance. Compare limiting factors in terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems - Distinguish between food chains and food webs.
Apply the second law of energy to food chains and pyramids of energy, which describe
energy flow in ecosystems - Evaluate which ecosystems show the highest average net primary productivity and which
contribute most to global net primary productivity. - What happens to matter in an ecosystem? (Know "take home points" & Effects of Human Activities on the following cycles: The Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Phosphorus Cycle & Sulfur Cycle)
- Laws of Thermodynamics (1st & 2nd)
- Properties of Water
- Biological magnification
- Invasive Species. What are they? What is 1 method you can use to study/survey these organisms?
- Species interactions (mutualism, commensalism, predation, parasitism, producer, keystone species)
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