Study all handouts on Populations, Biotic and Abiotic Factors, The cycles of
nature, and Food Chains/Webs/Energy Pyramid pgs. 704-723 &728&729, 742751.
Know the difference between herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, scavengers,
decomposers, producers, and consumers(and examples)
Know the difference between a food chain and a food web
Know that in an energy pyramid the most energy is at the bottom of the
pyramid and energy is lost at each level as you move up.
Know the steps of the water cycle and what they are – condensation,
precipitation, and evaporation.
Know the difference between biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving)
Know the difference between niche and habitat
Know the levels of ecological organization and the def. of each – organism,
populations, communities, and ecosystem
Know the difference between a predator and prey
Know the difference between the symbiotic relationships - mutualism,
parasitism, and commensalism.
Know the definition of ecology
Know what two things can “fix” nitrogen
Know that all living things contain carbon.
Energy Pyramid
Food chain -
Food Web -
Water cycle
Carbon Cycle –
All living things contain carbon
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
Nitrogen Cycle – “Free nitrogen”
makes up most of our air but we
cannot absorb it. It must be “fixed” by
________________ or ________________.