Bio 2, Final
Review Sheet
Vocabulary:
Microevolution
Mutation
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Bottleneck Effect
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors
Biosphere
Endemic Species
Bioremediation
Population
Clumped distribution
Carrying Capacity
Boom and Bust Cycling
Integrated Pest Management
Exponential Growth
Name ________________
Demographic Transition
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Detritivores
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Ecological Succession
Niche
Microevolution
mRNA
Atomic Number
Atomic Mass
Genotype
Phenotype
Polar Covalent Bond
Trophic Levels
Biome
Karyotype
Crossing Over
Osmosis
Diffusion
Homologous
Know:
Aristotle believed that species are ____________ and don’t evolve
Fossils form by remains of dead organisms turning into
Fossils form when the organic remains of an organism is buried in a medium preventing
____________ and ____________ from decomposing it
Fossil form from which parts of the body
Whole fossils are preserved in
What 4 things provide evidence that modern species have evolved from prior species
What 4 things provides evidence that vertebrates evolved from common ancestors
When comparing the anatomy of animals which structures were homologous of one another
Modern evolutionary synthesis was formed in
Modern evolutionary synthesis focuses on populations as the units of
Modern evolutionary synthesis includes the role of
Modern evolutionary synthesis incorporates what 3 ideas
What 4 conditions are needed for a population to be in Hardy-Weinberg
Degree of adaptation that can occur in a population is limited by the amount and kind of
What 3 types of chromosomal mutations are almost always harmful
Name 3 problems with antibiotics
Fitness increases when an organism passes on greater proportion of its
Name 4 reasons why natural selection produces perfection
Know the 3 characteristics of macroevolution
By comparing the features of human skulls with chimp skulls it has been suggested that humans
evolved by the process of
Studying fossils in strata from different locations we learn about
What 4 things can be caused by continental drift
How did the Galapagos islands formed from
During what period did 95% of marine species and many terrestrial species become extinct
What 3 factors may have contributed to the Cretaceous mass extinctions
Be able to fill out a dichotomous key
Arrange levels of organization from largest to smallest
____________ is very important to some biomes
Vegetation in tropical rain forests are determined by the amount of
Know the 8 biomes and characteristics of each
Best soils in US occur where there was formerly
Which biome would you find large grazing mammals
Which biome is dominated by conifers
Primary goal of conservation biology is
Biodiversity includes what 3 things
Single greatest threat to biodiversity is
Put the 3 greatest threats to biodiversity in order from smallest to largest
What do CFCs do to the ozone
In small populations studying endangered populations, the key factor driving species toward
extinction is
What 3 things does the declining-population approach seek when studying endangered
populations
Sustainable development requires making
Sustainable development requires humans changing their
Sustainable development requires global
Sustainable development must be achieved if
Type 1 survivorship curve is the result of
Example of a density–dependent population regulation
Example of K-selection
What 4 things will most likely increase a population’s size
Most insecticides kill the pest and the
Prey species have a higher ____________ rate than predators
Providing habitat or improving quality of habitat _____________ the carrying capacity of a
population
Human population on Earth today is
Countries vary in their available ____________ capacity
Humans suffer from what 2 things
Humans in US use more than ____________ times their share of available ecological capacity
Greatest crisis faced by humans is
After 1950 mortality rates
____________ of the world’s population live in developing countries
Example of predation
Why do plants have chemicals, spines, and thorns
Storms, fire, volcanic eruptions and glaciers are
Fire is needed for
Name the substances that are cycled between biotic and abiotic reservoirs
Carbon cycles between the biotic and abiotic worlds by what 2 processes
Viruses are not considered living because
Charles Darwin proposed what theory
The Krebs cycle takes place where
Base Pairing of Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine, Uracil
Enzymes are used to ____________ up reactions within cells
How do you recognize Down Syndrome on a karyotype
Difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Difference between animal and plant cells
Name the category that contains the most organisms
Job of DNA in a cell
What makes green plants green
Theory of evolution is based on what
Be able to write scientific name correctly