An Ecological Perspective
Study Guide for Exam 2 – covers chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 (use both book and notes to study)
Exam Date: 28 March 2012
Test is 88 questions – mostly multiple choice questions but a few true and false questions.
This list is not comprehensive, but it gives you an idea of some of the main topics to review:
Know these figures well – there will be questions associated with them:
Fig 6-7 (Human Population age-structure diagrams)
Fig. 6-11 (Demographic Transition)
Fig 7-21 (Major Life Zones of Ocean)
Chapter 9 – Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
old growth, second-growth forests –what they are and their importance
kinds of logging and their negative impacts
economic and ecological values of forests, grasslands, aquatics systems
sustained tree harvest
overgrazing
temperate forests vs tropical forests – differences
national parks, wilderness areas, Costa Rica – kinds of conservation and
what each
does to protect land
biodiversity hotspots
ecological restoration
kinds of fishing and their detrimental effects
fishprint and Fig. 9-26 – kinds of fishing; ways to preserve marine systems
Chapter 8 – Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach
polar bears and climate change
different kinds of extinction rates
difference between endangers species and threatened species
Fig. 8-3 – characteristics of extinct-prone species
HIPPCO
introduced/invasive species – some examples, characteristics, examples of
harm they
have caused
what humans have done to increase the extinct rate
how humans can work together to slow down extinct rates
DDT and its effects in the food chain and on reproduction in birds of prey
US Endangered Species Act
CITES
Chapter 7 – Climate and Biodiversity
greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases
climate, weather, microclimate
major biome characteristics and their climate
forests, grasslands, aquatics systems – major features, climate, human disturbance
mountains and climate – rainshadows – what they are and how they work
coral reef diversity, bleaching
importance of mangrove trees to marine shorelines
Fig. 7-28 zones in freshwater lake
Chapter 6 – The Human Population and Urbanization
population growth, rural vs city, developed vs developing countries
ways to slow population growth, empowering women
Urbanization advantages and disadvantages, same for rural areas
Transportation, pollution, gas/car use