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• Key terms from notes

  • biotic
  • abiotic
  • niche
• Concepts discussed in the case study on issues in ecology

  • sustainability
  • stewardship
  • biodiversity
• Know the basic reasons why frogs are now endangered
• Should be familiar with any of the concepts from the Silence of the Frogs worksheet, but do not need to know all the details from the readings
• Drawing and describing food chains and food webs

  Classify organisms in food chains and food webs (according to how they eat, trophic level, herbivore/omnivore/carnivore)
• How organisms use and lose energy

  Two laws of thermodynamics
• Matter cannot be created or destroyed
• Nutrient cycle


  Importance of decomposers in nutrient cycles
• Water cycle


  1. Processes in the water cycle

  2. Labeling different parts of the water cycle
• Carbon cycle


  1. Importance and relationship of photosynthesis and cellular respiration

  2. Where carbon reservoirs are in different parts of the Earth

  3. Processes in the carbon cycle
• Nitrogen cycle


  1. How nitrogen is cycled in terrestrial vs. aquatic ecosystems

  2. Importance of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle

  3. Problems with excess nitrogen in aquatic ecosystems
• Biomagnification


  • Why it occurs
  • Fat soluble vs. water soluble toxins
• Types of symbiotic relationships

  • Parasitism
  • Mutualism
  • Commensalism
  • Competition (inter and intraspecific)
• Factors Limiting Population Growth

  • Know why populations cannot keep growing
  • Know the terms carrying capacity and equilibrium
  • Know what a limiting factor is and be able to come up with your own if asked in question
  • Be able to classify limiting factors as biotic or abiotic
  • Know the case study on the snowshoe hare and lynx
• Threats to Biodiversity


  • Importance of species diversity and sustainable use
  • Know the 6 different threats to biodiversity discussed and the details surrounding them
  • Also, know the examples provided that illustrate each threat to biodiversity
• Restoration Ecology


  • Know all the methods of restoration ecology discussed in these notes
  • Everything 'set up' for you on the handouts can possibly be tested!
• Alien Invasion Documentary


  • Roughly know the info from the worksheet related to this doc (no more detail than that!)
• Compare the following sets
• Sets to compare


  • food chain and food web
  • consumer and decompar
  • ecosystem and bjospl
  • niche and habitat
  • primary consumer
• Food Chain


  • eat other orgniams
  • infor
• Ecosystem


  • components
  • that include
• Niche


  A niche
• Habitat


  A habitat
• Primary Consumer


  • A primary
  • Chain /web
  • Plants,
• Ecosystems


  Complex, self-regulating systems of organisms and their abiotic environments
• Contents of Ecosystems


  • Organisms
  • Abiotic environments
• Sections


  • Ecosystems
  • Nutrient Cycles and Energy Flow
  • Interactions in Ecosystems
• Sections


  • Human Use of Ecosystems
  • Assessing the Impact of Human Activities on Ecosystems
• Sections


  • Government Action to Protect Canada's Ecosystems
  • Environmental Stewardship
• Human activity affects the sustainability of ecosystems
• Governments, groups, and individuals work to promote sustainable ecosystems