QUARTER 4 EXAM REVIEW
Chapter 34 – Respiration, Circulation, and Excretion
1. Be able to label to a diagram of a heart.
2. Be able to describe the branching of the respiratory system.
3. Why do the alveoli work so efficiently?
4. What determines a person’s blood type?
5. What role does the diaphragm play in respiration?
6. What are the components of blood?
7. How do the kidneys work to excrete liquid waste? What are the various parts of the excretory system?
Chapter 35 – The Digestive and Endocrine Systems
bile pepsin liver gallbladder amylase saliva glottis peristalsis pituitary gland
target tissue hypothalamus
1. Know the path that food takes as it passes through the digestive tract. What is the function of each part?
2. How are Ca and glucose levels regulated?
3. What do the villi do?
4. What are the various types of nutrients needed by the body? What is the function of each one and what are some sources of each?
Chapter 36 – Reproduction and Development
1. Know the various parts of the male and female reproductive systems. Be able to label a diagram of each.
2. What are the 3 phases of birth and what occurs in each?
3. What path do sperm follow from their site of origin to the fallopian tubes?
4. What occurs during each trimester of fetal development and during the stages of growth and development after birth?
5. What is the difference between a zygote, a blastocyst, an embryo, and a fetus?
6. What are the various hormones associated with each gender? What is each hormone responsible for and what organ secretes each hormone?
7. Diagrams – negative feedback, male & female reproductive systems
Chapter 2 – Principles of Ecology
Ø Terms:
ecology biosphere abiotic factors biotic factors niche autotroph heterotroph decomposer
omnivore herbivore carnivore scavenger
food web food chain habitat
Ø Know the levels of organization of life.
Ø Know the 3 types of symbiosis and be able to identify an example of each.
Ø Know the various levels of a food chain and be able to analyze a food chain.
Ø 1 food web: You will need to answer some multiple choice questions about this.
Chapter 3, Section 1 - Succession
Ø Terms:
limiting factors primary succession secondary succession climax community range of tolerance
Ø When do primary and secondary succession occur? Be able to compare the 2 types of succession.
Chapter 4 – Population Dynamics
Ø Terms:
exponential growth J-shaped curve S-shaped curve prey
carrying capacity competition predator
immigration emigration demography
Ø What are the effects of crowding and stress?
Ø What is meant by density-dependent and density-independent factors? What are some examples of each?
Ø Be able to answer questions about a population curve.
Ø Be able to compare organisms that follow a rapid life-history pattern with those who follow a slow life-history pattern.
Ø Be able to answer questions about a population of organisms and determine when the carrying capacity of that population was reached. Be able to identify what factors could be changed to alter the carrying capacity.
NOTE: If some topic was covered this quarter but is not on this review sheet, it could still be on the exam. Study your notes, handouts, your assignments for each chapter, and your online textbook.
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