Semester 1 Final Exam Review – 2014-15
Part 1: Biology and Experimental Design (Ch 1, 2)
Section A:
Review all assignments for Biology and Experimental Design. Reread all labs, notes, homework assignments,
worksheets, warm-ups, etc. This may be the most important part of your preparation for the final exam.
Respond to the following prompts on a separate sheet of paper.
Section B:
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
Biology (Ch 1)
1. What is “Biology”?
2. What are eight characteristics of life?
Experimental Design (Ch 1)
1. What is a controlled experiment?
2. What kind of variable answers the question, “What do I keep the same?”
3. What kind of variable answers the question, “What do I change?”
4. What kind of variable answers the question, “What do I observe?”
5. What type of data is best represented by Bar Graphs? (Think of data you have graphed)
6. What type of data is best represented by Line Graphs? (Think of data you have graphed)
7. Why are experiments performed more than once?
8. Name one way to increase the validity of an experiment.
Chemistry for Biology (Ch 2)
1. What are the three subatomic particles found in atoms?
2. Describe the structure of water and the properties of water that support life.
3. List the most abundant elements in living things.
4. Identify the difference between an acidic, basic, and neutral substance.
5. Why is the change of 1 number (i.e. 7 to 6) on the pH scale so significant?
6. Why is carbon so important?
7. What is a chemical compound?
8. What are three names that can be used for the molecule whose formula is C6H12O6? (Figure 2-13)
9. What types of molecules are enzymes?
10. What do enzymes do? How do they work?
11. Identify three key features of enzymes.
Section C:
Make a list of 3 concepts or big ideas that you are still unsure of.
Make a set of questions about these concepts in order to get clarification during review time.
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Part 2: Ecology (Ch 3,4,5,6)
Section A:
Review all assignments for Ecology. Reread all labs, notes, homework assignments, worksheets, warm-ups, etc.
This may be the most important part of your preparation for the final exam. Respond to the following prompts
on a separate sheet of paper.
Section B:
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
The Biosphere (Ch 3)
1. What is “ecology”?
2. Where does the energy for life processes come from?
3. How does energy flow through living systems?
4. What does producer mean? What is an example?
5. What does consumer mean? What is an example?
6. Why do organisms need nutrients?
7. How do nutrients move through an ecosystem?
8. What is a food chain?
9. What is a food web?
10. What are autotrophs?
11. What are heterotrophs?
12. How is the term “trophic level” used when talking about food webs?
13. How much energy is moved from one trophic level to the next?
14. How much energy is lost from one trophic level to the next? Where does it go?
15. What are the major parts of the Water Cycle?
16. What are the major parts of the Carbon Cycle?
17. What is nitrogen fixation? What organism plays a role in this and what is nitrogen used for on the body?
Ecosystems and Communities (Ch 4)
1. How does the greenhouse effect maintain the biosphere’s temperature range?
2. How do biotic and abiotic factors influence an ecosystem?
3. What types of interactions occur within communities?
Populations (Ch 5)
1. What characteristics are used to describe a population?
2. What factors affect population size?
3. What are exponential growth and logistic growth?
4. What factors limit population growth?
5. What is the difference between a density dependent and density independent factor?
6. What factors might cause the carrying capacity of a population to change?
7. How has the size of the human population changed over time?
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Humans in the Biosphere (Ch 6)
1. What is an example of a renewable resource? What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
2. What is the value of biodiversity?
3. What types of human activities can affect the biosphere? (HIPPO)
4. What is an invasive species and why are they problematic?
5. How does DDT get into the environment? What are its toxic effects?
6. What is Biomagnification/Bioaccumulation?
Section C:
Make a list of 3 concepts or big ideas that you are still unsure of.
Make a set of questions about these concepts in order to get clarification during review time
Part 3: Cells, Cell Division, and Cell Energy (Ch 7, 10) (Ch 8,9 will be done 2nd
semester)
Section A:
Review all assignments for Cells, Cell Division, and Cell Energy. Reread all labs, notes, homework assignments,
worksheets, warm-ups, etc. This may be the most important part of your preparation for the final exam.
Respond to the following prompts on a separate sheet of paper.
Section B:
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
Cells (Ch 7)
1. What is the cell theory?
2. What are the characteristics and some examples of prokaryotes? Of eukaryotes?
3. What are the functions of this major cell parts- nucleus, chloroplasts, ribosomes, mitochondria and
cytoplasm?
4. How are animal cells and plant cells alike? How are they different?
5. What is the job of the cell membrane? Of the cell wall?
6. What is the structure of the cell membrane?
7. Describe cell specialization and organization.
8. What is diffusion? What are some examples?
9. What is osmosis? What are some examples?
10. What is active transport? How is it different from diffusion? What is one example?
11. How do plant and animal cells respond to hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic solutions?
12. Explain how Cholera causes diarrhea – use the terms – Osmosis, Difusion, Hypertonic
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Cell Growth and Division (Ch 10)
1. What is the importance of the surface area to volume ratio in cells? (Hint: Why are cells small?)
2. What are the stages of the cell cycle and what happens in each stage?
3. What are the phases of mitosis?
4. How many cells are produced by cell division from 1 parent cell?
5. How does the chromosome number in daughter cells compare to the parent cell chromosome number?
6. What is the importance of cyclins and protein cell cycle regulators?
7. How are cancer cells different than other cells?
Section C:
Make a list of 3 concepts or big ideas that you are still unsure of.
Make a set of questions about these concepts in order to get clarification during review time
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