2014
APES SEMESTER 1 EXAM
 Population – 14 questions
 Nutrient cycling – 9 questions
 Biomes – 5 questions
 Energy /thermodynamics – 3 questions
 Symbiosis – 5 questions
 Ecology – 18 questions
 Soil/Agriculture – 6 questions
Population – 14 questions
 Graph reading
 Rule of 70/doubling time
 Terminology: carrying capacity, immigration,
emigration
 S and J curves
Nutrient Cycling – 9
questions
 Know how carbon, phosphorous and nitrogen
move through the environment
 Look at the picture/diagrams in your book
and notes
 Know the terms associated with the cycles
(nitrification, ammonification, etc)
Biomes – 5 questions
 Know the general characteristics of the
biomes we discussed
 Location
 Climate
 Plants /animals found there
Energy Flow – 3 questions
 Laws of thermodynamics
 Entropy
 Heat flow
 Kinetic and potential energy
Symbiosis – 5 questions
 Mutualism
 Commensalism
 Parasitism
 Predator/prey
Ecology – 18 questions
 Food chains/webs
 Terminology (herbivore, producer, etc)
 Succession
 Trophic levels
Soil/Food – 6 questions
 Properties of soil types (clay/silt, and sand)
 Terminology (infiltration, erosion, nutrientholding capacity)
 Know about irrigation!