Biology Final Review
Food Webs- Draw a food web. Understand the producers and consumers
Cell Division- why do they divide?
Mitosis- Purpose -growth and rebuilding
defining factors- Same dna of parent cells - clones
Meiosis- Purpose- to create gametes for the production of children
Defining features- produce 4 offspring with half the chromosomes, each one unique so siblings
are not identical and have a varied gene pool. Happens via crossing over.
Understand :
Crossover verse Cloning
Diploid vs Haploid
Know well. Look at review sheets from last test.
Classification Tree- Understand the order of them and when they are used.
Vertebrate Classes-Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish Types
3 Types of Fish: Characteristics of Bony Fish Osteichthys, Cartilaginous Fish- Sharks and rays,
Agnatha- Jawless fish lampreys and hagfish
3 Types of Mammals: Placentas- Have a placenta, fully formed at birth, nature of a Placenta
Marsupials-underformed, pouched and affected more by environmental conditions
Monotremes-one entrance, lays eggs, secretes milk, only two types of mammal
Orders of Placentals -Rodentia, and Carnivora- with Families- Mustelids, Felidae, Canidae and
their identifying Characteristics
Invertebrates-Phyllum Arthropoda and their exoskeletons.
Sub phyllum anbd classes- insecta, arachnids, myriapods and crustacea
Adaption-Definition, Natural Selection verse Selective breeding
Symbiosis: Mutualism, Commensalism and parasitism
Homeostasis