Biology Milestones Review
Based on the Georgia frameworks for Biology (Adapted from M. Merideth Biology Alive)
ECOLOGY UNIT
Unit 1 Biology Science Tools And Methods
SCSH 1-8
Scientific Method (Ch 1)
What makes for good scientific data?
What are the steps to the most basic scientific method?
How is something accepted as science?
Define:
Hypothesis
Theory:
What are the SI Units for
Length:
Mass:
CH. 1 Standards
Volume:
What are some tools we use in the science lab?
What are the main science safety rules for the lab?
What are the characteristics of living things?
List the levels of organization and define them each.
Microscopes
Compound Microscope:
Electron Microscope:
Unit 2 The Biosphere
Standard SB4
Ecosystems
What is an Ecosystem?
What is the biosphere?
Define and Give Examples:
Biotic:
Abiotic:
Levels of Ecology:
Chapter 3
List and define the six levels of ecological organization
Describe the following Cycles and draw the cycle: (Ch 3)
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Define Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria, explain what it does in the nitrogen cycle and how it is a
symbiotic relationship with plants.
Water Cycle
Define
Photosynthesis:
Chemosynthesis:
Define and give examples of each:
Autotroph:
Heterotrouph:
Consumer:
Phosphorous Cycle
Producer:
Carnivore:
Herbivore:
Omnivore:
Define/Give Examples:
Food Chain:
Food Web
Energy Pyramid
Unit 3 Ecosystems and Communities
Standard SB4
Define:
Weather:
Climate:
Define and Draw an example of The Greenhouse Effect:
Define each climate zone and label them
Polar zone:
Temperate zone:
Chapter 4
Tropical Zone:
Define and give examples of:
Habitat:
Niche:
Resource:
Competition:
Predation
Define Symbiosis:
Types of Symbiosis (Define and Give Examples):
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
Define and Give Examples of
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Pioneer Species:
Describe The Major Terrestrial Biomes
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Dry Forest
Tropical Savannah
Desert
Temperate Grassland
Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
Temperate Forest
Northwestern Coniferous Forest
Boreal Forest
Tundra
Define
Freshwater Ecosystems
Plankton
Phytoplankton
Zoolankton
Wetland
Estuary
Draw a Fresh water Food Chain (Label Primary Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers,
Tertiary consumers and Quaternary Consumers)
Define
Marine Ecosystem
Photic Zone
Aphotic Zone
Benthic Zone
Draw a Marine Food Chain
Unit 4 Populations and Humans In The Biosphere
Standard SB4
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 and 6
Define:
Population:
Population Density:
Immigration:
Emigration:
Define and Draw an example graph labeled
Exponential Growth
Define and Draw an example graph labeled
Carrying Capacity
Logistic Growth
Define:
Limiting Factor
Define and give examples of each
Density Dependent Limiting Factor:
Density Independent Limiting Factor:
Predator Prey Relationship:
What are factors that affect the size of a population?
Define:
Demography:
Demographic transition:
Unit 5 Humans In The Biosphere Unit
SB4.d
Chapter 6
Standard SB4. A
Define:
Renewable Resource:
Nonrenewable Resource:
Sustainable Development:
Soil Erosion
Desertification
Deforestation:
Pollutant:
Biodiversity
Ecosystem Diversity
Species Diversity
Genetic Diversity
Define
Extinction:
Endangered Species:
Habitat Fragmentation:
Biological Magnification:
Invasive Species:
Conservation:
Ozone Layer:
Conservation:
Unit 6 Basic Classification
SB3 and SB5
Chapter 18 Standard
Define
Taxonomy
Binomial Nomeclature
Who was Linnaeus and what were the components of his system of classification?
Define and Give Examples of Each:
Domains
Bacteria
Archaebacteria
Eukarya
Kingdom
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia