LIFE SCIENCE STUDY SHEET
FOOD WEB / POPULATIONS TEST
TEST DATES
Thur. Sept. 18th
SECTION B (BLUE)
SECTION C (YELLOW)
SECTION F (RED)
SECTION H (GREEN)
Helpful hints to studying:
1. Follow this only as a guide to help you study. Study your homework, class
notes, labs, quizzes, and reread the chapters. Not every single fact on this
guide will be on the exam, but most of the concepts will show up somewhere
within the exam. Memorizing this sheet does not insure a good grade.
2. While studying, WRITE DOWN INFORMATION ON PAPER! If you can
write it down during your studying, it will be easier to write down on the exam.
3. Don’t just memorize facts. Try to understand information we covered.
CHAPTER 2: IT’S ALIVE!! OR, IS IT?
Section 1 Characteristics of Living Things p. 38-41 # 1-8
-Be familiar with the 6 characteristics of living things
CHAPTER 18: INTERACTIONS OF LIVING THINGS
Section 1: Everything Is Connected p.480-483 #1-9
-Know the 5 levels of Environmental Organization
-Biotic vs. Abiotic
The living characteristics:
1. Producers
The non-living characteristics:
4. Abiotic factors
2. Consumers
3. Decomposers
Section 2: Living Things need Energy p. 484-489 # 1-10
Type of Consumer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Scavenger
Omnivore
Definition
Example
Ch. 18-2 continued…
-What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
-Make sure you understand which way the arrows point in a food web and what
they represent.
-Be able to identify types of consumers in a food web.
-Understand an energy pyramid. Who’s on top? On the bottom? Why?
Queen of the Trees Video
food web diagram
- Understand the relationship between the fig tree and fig wasp.
- Be able to describe several relationships within the food web.
- Know what a keystone species is. Look it up or ask if you don’t know.
POPULATIONS
Hand out “3-11 There’s a limit”
Hand-out questions
-Carrying capacity – know the definition.
-Be able to recognize it on a graph.
-Factors that can affect the carrying capacity are…
Coyote Game
-Understand the overall purpose of the game. What does it show? Did it work?
Chaparral Handout
- Be familiar with the basic components of chaparral.
(biotic and abiotic factors)
- Understand the role fire has on the plant community.
- How are plants adapted to the abiotic conditions of chaparral?
- Role of introduced or non-native species
Native Plant Lab
-Review the plants we looked at. You should have an idea of several which are
native and several which are introduced.
- Know the traits related to fire adaptations and drought adaptations
-What is a native vs. an introduced plant?