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1.
What is ecology?
2. What is the biosphere?
3. What is the ecosystem?
i. Systemb. Name 2 examples of abiotic factors
i.
ii.
c.
Name 2 examples of biotic factors
i.
ii.
4. Community –
5. What is ecological succession?
a.
What is a climax community?
Biomes –see “Biomes Outlines Lab” for specifics of each Biome
6. Biome - an environment that has a characteristic climax community.
Name the 6 types of terrestrial biomes.
Name the 3 types of aquatic biomes.
7. What is a habitat?
8. What is an endemic species?
Ecology Unit Study Guide
Biology
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9. What is a non-native species?
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
10. How much of the sun’s energy is used by living things?
11. What is biochemical conversion?
12. What is bioenergetics?
13. What is the ultimate source of energy for living things?
14. What are producers? Name an example.
15. What are consumers? Name an example.
d. Give another name for primary consumers .
e.
Give an example of Secondary consumers.
16. What is a trophic level?
a.
How much of the energy from one trophic level can be used by the animals at the next
trophic level?
Give an example of the following types of organisms:
17. Herbivores 18. Carnivores 19. Omnivores 20. Decomposers -
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Ecosystem Relationships
21. What is different between a food chain and a food web?
f.
What is competition?
g.
What is predation?
h. What is symbiosis?
i. ________________________–one organism benefits without affecting the other
ii. ________________________ –one organism benefits (the parasite), at the
expense of the other (host)
iii. _________________________ – each organism benefits
Nutrients are Recycle Through Ecosystems
– see “Biogeochemical Cycles Lab” for examples of each cycle
22. Are nutrients recycled in the biosphere?
23. What are the 4 cycles that we discussed in class?
24. What is a limiting factor?