Biology I Chapter 4 Study Guide
Exam is on Monday, December 2, 2013…the day we get back
from Fall Break!!!!
4-1
 How does the greenhouse effect maintain the biosphere’s temperature range?
 What are Earth’s three main climate zones?
Vocab: weather, climate, greenhouse effect, polar zone, temperate zone, tropical zone.
4-2
 How do biotic and abiotic factors influence an ecosystem?
 What interactions occur within communities?
 What is ecological succession?
Vocab: biotic factor, abiotic factor, habitat, niche, resource, competitive exclusion principle, predation,
symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, ecological succession, primary succession, pioneer
species, secondary succession.
4-3
 What are the unique characteristics of the world’s major biomes?
Vocab: biome, tolerance, microclimate, canopy, understory, deciduous, coniferous, humus, taiga,
permafrost.
Biology I Chapter 4 Study Guide
Exam is on Monday, December 2, 2013…the day we get back
from Fall Break!!!!
4-1
 How does the greenhouse effect maintain the biosphere’s temperature range?
 What are Earth’s three main climate zones?
Vocab: weather, climate, greenhouse effect, polar zone, temperate zone, tropical zone.
4-2
 How do biotic and abiotic factors influence an ecosystem?
 What interactions occur within communities?
 What is ecological succession?
Vocab: biotic factor, abiotic factor, habitat, niche, resource, competitive exclusion principle, predation,
symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, ecological succession, primary succession, pioneer
species, secondary succession.
4-3
 What are the unique characteristics of the world’s major biomes?
Vocab: biome, tolerance, microclimate, canopy, understory, deciduous, coniferous, humus, taiga,
permafrost.