Honors Biology
Fall Final Study Guide 2015
Ms. Weis
1. Characteristics of Living Things with explanation
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Homeostasis
Evolve: respond to change over time
Heredity: Ability to pass genes on
Reproduction
response to stimuli
Interdependence with other organisms
Cells
Metabolism: sum of all reactions in
the organism
2. The Scientific Method, designing an experiment, and measurements:
 Control and Experimental Groups
 metric conversions
 sample size
 Independent vs. dependent variables.
3. Ecology
 Population vs. Community
 Factors determining population size
 Difference between survovorship
curve and growth curve
 Ecosystems: Abiotic vs. biotic factors
 Niche vs. Habitat
 Intra- & Inter-specific competition
 Types of relationships between species
 Density-independent factors
o Natural disasters, weather
 Density-dependent factors
o Food, water, living space
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Population density
o # organisms in a given area
o How to determine?
o types of population
Population growth curves. Phases.
.Carrying capacity.
Types of populations.
o R-selected vs. K-selected
What adaptations have organisms
evolved to survive. Know specific
examples. Types of adaptation.
4. Humans impact on the environment
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Biogeochemical cycles. Types
How does energy flow through ecosystems? Producers. Consumers. Decomposers.
Greenhouse Effect. Greenhouse gases.
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What is this all about? What gases involved? How does it happen?
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What are the consequences of global warming?
5. Cellular Respiration & Photosynthesis
 Where do these processes occur?
 Products?
 What are the reactants?
 Why important?
6. Parts of a cell and organelles. What do they do---their function?
 Mitochondria
 Ribosomes
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 Golgi apparatus
 ER: smooth & rough
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 Nucleus
 Lysosomes
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-nucleolus
 Cytosol & cytoplasm
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-chromatin
& cytoskeleton
-nuclear pore
Chloroplasts
Cell walls & membranes
Vacuoles
perisome
7,Why are cells so small. surface area/volume--implications for the cell
Honors Biology
Ms. Weis
Biology 250
Fall Final Study Guide
Lynne Weis
8.What happens in cells?
 Transport, in/out. What is moving?
 Protein Receptors/Channels
 Active vs. passive. ATP.
 Membranes: selectively permeable
 Homeostasis & metabolism
 Diffusion vs. Osmosis
Cell Tonicity-- hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic
o Different solutions. What happens to cells exposed to the different solutions?
 What is a solution?
 Osmosis & Diffusion Lab
 What molecules moved? Why
9.Chemistry
 Why is water so special to living things
 Ionic and covalent bonding
December 2011
Biology 250
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Study Guide: Exam 2 Spring 2010
Kerry Zimmerman
Monosaccharides vs. polysaccharides
 Why are cells small? What does this have to do with surface area and volume?
8. Chemistry Basics
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Organic vs. Inorganic
-define/examples
-major groups of organic molecules
-Structure of atom
-protons, neutrons, electrons how do you find them
-valence electrons: why are they important
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molecules vs. compounds
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common elements in living organisms
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Bonds: types? what is stored in bonds?
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What are catalysts and enzymes?
Biology 250
Study Guide: Exam 2 Spring 2010
Kerry Zimmerman