BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS TEST REVIEW
1) KNOW THE LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION FROM INDIVIDUAL TO BIOSPHERE
2) DEFINE A FOOD WEB – HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM A FOOD CHAIN
3) WHAT IS THE CLIMAX PLANTS OF NEW YORK STATE FORESTS
4) KNOW WHAT SUCCESSION IS AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF
TYPICAL SUCCESSION IN WATERVLIET
5) KNOW THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS, WHO IS AFFECTED AND HOW
AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EXAMPLES
6) WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS
7) WHAT ARE SOME EXAMLES OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS
8) RECOGNIZE THE TYPES OF HETEROTROPHS
9) DEFINE ECOLOGY AND BIOME
10) KNOW THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AT LEAST ONE TERRESTRIAL BIOME
11) WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HABITAT AND MICROHABITAT
12) COMPARE AND CONTRAST INTRA AND INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION
13) KNOW THE ENERGY PYRAMID BACKWARDS, FORWARDS AND FROM ALL
ANGLES
14) NAME AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
15) WHY DID DDT TURN OUT TO BE DANGEROUS?
16) NAME SOME POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THINGS THAT MAN HAS DONE FOR
AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT
17) WHAT IS POPULATION DENSITY
18) WHAT IS A PIONEER SPECIES – PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE IN THIS AREA
19) COMPARE AN AQUATIC BIOME WITH A TERRESTRIAL ONE
20) WHERE DOES MOST PHOTOSYNTHESIS TAKE PLACE
21) NAME ONE ENVIRONMENTLA LAW
22) NAME TWO WAYS TO PRESERVE WILDLIFE
23) WHY ARE AQUATIC BIOMES MORE STABLE THAN TERRESTRIAL ONE
24) WHAT ARE THE ZONES OF THE OCEAN
25) WHAT IS THE ONLY FRESHWATER AREA LARGE ENOUGH TO BE A BIOME