Biology test #2: Chapter 4 sections 1, 4, and 5; chap 5
Format: a mix of multiple choice and free response (usually can be answered with 1-2 sentences
or a list)
Important terms and concepts:
Climate (section 4.1)
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latitude
temperature + precipitation
ocean currents and winds
rain shadows; effect of lakes and oceans on temp and precip
Biomes (4.4 and 4.5)
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know the characteristics (climate, appearance, major plants and animals, and location) of
each biome/zone
tropical forests
savanna
temperate grassland (prairie/steppe)
desert
temperate (deciduous) forest
boreal forest
tundra
chapperal ("temperate woodland and shrubland)
temperate rain forest ("northwestern coniferous forest")
rivers and streams
wetlands
estuaries
ocean zones: intertidal; photic, aphotic, benthic, open ocean
Chap 5: Population Growth
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How wildlife populations are measured/studied
factors determining population growth
exponential growth and J-shape cures
logistic growth and S-shape curves
Carrying capacity
limiting factors on population growth: density dependent and density independent
human population growth - history and current trends
age structure diagrams
Chap 6 - Humans in the Biosphere (not covered in detail this year)
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History of human resource use (hunter-gatherer, agriculture, industry, urbanization)
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Resources - renewable and non-renewable
Desertification and erosion
Fisheries and overfishing; aquaculture
Deforestation
Biodiversity: loss of habitat, non-native invasive species, over-harvesting/hunting
Water and air pollution
Biological magnification of pollutants (fig. 6-16)
Ozone depletion and climate change