Name______

Period______

End of the Year Benchmark Study Guide

Food webs

Write where they get their energy and give an example using the provided food web:

Producer-______

Primary consumer-______

Secondary consumer-______

Decomposer-______

Scavenger (Not on this food web)-______

What do they eat and give an example:

Herbivor-______

Carnevore-______

Omnivore-______

Compare and contrast Food web vs. food chain:

What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?

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Energy Pyramid:

Which part of the pyramid has all of the energy for the ecosystem? Why?

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What percentage of energy is transferred up to the next level?

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Body systems

Match the system to the correct description

RespiratoryCirculatoryExcretoryDigestive Nervous

EndocrineIntegumentaryReproductive

1.facilitates the continuation of a species

2.uses hormones to help regulate the body’s activities

3.filters waste from blood to be expelled form the body

4.acquires oxygen for the body and releases carbon dioxide

5.works with the above system to move oxygen to all cells and remove

Carbon dioxide

6.breaks down large molecules so it can be absorbed by the body

7.uses electrical impulses to control the body’s activities

What three systems aid in body movement (Not part of matching)

______, ______, and ______systems.

Fill in the chart:

Body System / Function / Organs
Respiratory
Nervous
Endocrine
Excretory
Circulatory

Cells

Match the cell organelle to the correct description:

NucleusEndoplasmic ReticulumLysosomeCell Membrane Vacuole

similar to digestive system because it breaks down molecules

similar to the skin because it can protect by keeping things out

similar to excretory system because it stores waste for removal

______similar to the brain because it directs all activities of the cell

Fill in the Venn Diagramusing the words below:

Mitochondria Gives off oxygen

Nucleus Gives off Carbon dioxide

Chloroplast Makes own food

Small vacuole Can not make own food

Large vacuole Made up of cells

Cellular Membrane

Cellular Wall

Cell organelle / Function
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Ribosome
Cell Membrane
Cell Wall
Vacuole

List the levels of organization starting with organelle:

Organelle, ______, ______, ______, ______,

______.

Succession

List the two types of succession.

______, ______.

What is the main difference between primary and secondary succession?

______

______.

What is a pioneer species?

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What is a climax community?

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What are the first organisms found whenan island is newly formed by volcanic activity?

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What are the first organisms found after a natural disaster, such as a forest fire in an existing ecosystem?

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Genetics

Define and give an example:

Trait-

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Selective Breeding-

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Adaptations-

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Natural Selection-

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Cell Theory

List the three parts of cell theory.

1)______

2)______

3)______

Fill in the boxes using the words below (Hint not all boxes will be used):

Sexual Reproduction vs. Asexual Reproduction

Genetically identical offspring

Genetically diverse offspring

One parent

Two parents

Egg and sperm

Cell division

Budding

Abiotic vs. Biotic

Define and list 3 examples of each

Abiotic-______

______, ______, ______

Biotic- ______

______, ______, ______

Scientific Method DRYMIX

Read the experiment below and answer the questions that follow.

Students made paper helicopters that had rotors of different lengths then followed the procedure below:

1.they dropped each helicopter 4 times form a set height

2.timed how long it took for the helicopters to each the ground

3.averaged the time for each helicopter

4.compared average drop time to rotor length

What is the independent variable in this experiment?

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What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

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Name at least 2 constants in this experiment?

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Using the experiment above, write a hypothesis using an IF Then Statement

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Label the Graph below using the information above.