Ecology Study Guide: Part 2
(Hint: use your notes!)
Nutrient cycles:
1. What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors? Provide an EXAMPLE of each.
Water cycle:
2. What is transpiration?
Carbon cycle:
3. How does CO2 get into the atmosphere?
4. How is CO2 taken out of the atmosphere?
5. What occurs during cellular respiration? What is the reaction?
6. What occurs during photosynthesis? What is the reaction?
Nitrogen cycle:
7. Why are bacteria so essential for the cycling of nitrogen?
8. Why are decomposers so essential for the cycling of nitrogen?
9. How do plants obtain nitrogen?
10. How do animals obtain nitrogen?
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FINAL review
(in addition to the other side)
Unit 1: Intro to Science
1. What are the characteristics of living things? Define homeostasis & metabolism.
2. What is the structure & function of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids?
3. What are enzymes and how do they work?
4. Compare & contrast antibodies & antigens
Unit 2: Cells
5. What does the cell theory state?
6. How are the structure of viruses different from bacteria?
7. Know the functions of the following cellular structures: nucleus, ribosomes, mitochondria, chloroplasts, & cell membrane
8. Compare & contrast the following:
a. Prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells
b. Animal & plant cells
c. Viruses & cells
d. Passive diffusion & active transport (types, movement, energy)
Unit 3: Plants & Ecology
10. Define the following: carnivores, decomposers, herbivores, producers, & omnivores
11. What is always the bottom of a food web or chain and why?
12. Draw logistic and exponential growth models.
13. What are the three types of symbiotic relationships and give an example of each?