Science 10
Mr. Gandha
Biology Unit
Ch 1 / 2 / 3
Study Guide For Provincial Exam
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Vocabulary List / Keywords:
biotic
ammonium
climax community
carbon cycle
denitrification
food pyramid
natural selection
climate change
pesticides
predator
trophic levels
latitude
climate
competition
herbivore
secondary consumer
leaching and runoff
zooplankton
drought
land use
habitat loss
overexploitation
invasive species
algae
DDT
lichen
pH
abiotic
bioaccumulation
heavy metals
carbonate
ecological succession
food web
nitrate
nitrogen fixation
phosphorus
prey
climatograph
structural adaptation
niche
mimicry
carnivore
tertiary consumer
bioremediation
primary succession
flooding
resource use
deforestation
acid rain
introduced species
bacteria
ecology
moss
top consumer
adaptations
biodegradation
cadmium
commensalism
ecosystem
keystone species
nitrification
nutrients
photosynthesis
proliferation
terrestrial
physiological adaptation
habitat
producers
omnivore
biomass
biosphere
secondary succession
insect infestation
resource exploitation
soil degradation
urban expansion
foreign species
carbon exchange
fossil fuel
ozone layer
top predator
adaptive radiation
ammonia
biomagnification
biome
lead
mercury
decomposers
detrivores
extinction
food chain
lightning
mutualism
nitrite
nitrogen
parasitism
PCB’s
POP’s
predation
succession
symbiosis
temperature
precipitation
behavioural adaptation elevation
ecological heirarchy
species
consumers
decomposition
primary producer
primary consumer
cellular respiration
weathering
biodiversity
phytoplankton
pioneer species
toxin
tsunami
sustainability
traditional ecological knowledge
soil compaction
contamination
aeration
native species
habitat alteration
disease and parasites
carbon store
carbon sink
greenhouse gases
host
PCB’s
permafrost
Concepts:
1. Identify biotic and abiotic elements in ecosystems or diagrams
2. Identify the 8 major biomes on Earth: tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, temperate deciduous forest, boreal forest,
grasslands, desert, tundra, and permanent ice (polar ice)
3. Identify distinctive plants, animals, and climatic characteristics of the Canadian Biomes: tundra, boreal forest, temperate
deciduous forest, temperate rainforest, grassland
4. Know the factors that affect biome distribution
temperature, precipitation, latitude, elevation, ocean currents
5. Explain the various relationships with respect to food chains, food webs, and food pyramids including:
producer, consumer (primary, secondary, tertiary), predation (predator / prey cycle ), species adaptation, decomposers,
detrivores, symbiosis (mutualism, parasitism, commensalism), keystone species
6. Using the nutrient cycle data sheets, be able to identify stores and processes for cycling the nutrients.
7. Be able to identify effects on living things within an ecosystem resulting from changes in abiotic factors such as:
climate change (drought, flooding, etc), water contamination, soil degradation, deforestation, etc.
8. Identify the impacts of bioaccumulation using terms primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers.
9. Identify types of contaminates that can bioaccumulate. (heavy metals, pesticides, etc)
10. Describe how bioaccumulation occurs and the impact on keystone species, and the results (lower reproduction, diseases, etc.)
11. Know the steps of both primary succession and secondary succession.
12. Give some examples of how foreign species can affect an ecosystem ( Eurasian milfoil, scotch broom, etc)
13. Explain how species adapt or fail to adapt to environmental conditions with reference to: natural selection, proliferation,
predator / prey cycle, ecological succession, climax community, extinction, adaptive radiation.
14. Describe the impact of natural phenomena (forest fires, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, insect infestations) on ecosystems.
15. Give examples of traditional ecological knowledge can affect biodiversity.
16. Describe how disease, pollution, habitat destruction, and exploitation of resources affect ecosystems.