Semester Test Review
Here are the concepts and vocabulary that will be in the test. Make sure you can EXPLAIN or DESCRIBE
each word and concept.
Chapter 1
Evolution
Stimulus/response
How do scientists determine if something is living or non living?
Biology
Ethics
What are the steps to the scientific method? Describe each step.
Knowledge from scientific research is never inherently good or bad.
Describe the difference between qualitative measurements and quantitative measurements.
Know your safety symbols and safety rules on pages 1-4 in the workbook.
Chapter 2
Diversity
Know the parts of the Nitrogen, Water, and CO2 Cycles.
Symbiosis/mutualism/parasitism/commensalism
Describe the levels of ecological organization
Species -> Population -> Community -> Ecosystem -> Biosphere
Explain how a food chain works. Which way does the energy flow?
How much energy is passed to the next level of a trophic structure?
Primary/secondary/tertiary consumers
Biotic/abiotic factors
Producers/consumers
Heterotrouphs/autotrophs
Chapter 3
Primary/secondary succession
Limiting factors
Zones of tolerance and intolerance
Climax community
What type of life would you expect to find different levels of a pond?
Chapter 4
How can a rapidly expanding population put stress on a community?
What effect does the movement of people have the world population?
Rapid life history pattern/slow life history pattern. What are the difference in the life history patterns of
bacteria and tortoises?
J curve/exponential growth (how are these 2 related?)
S curve/limiting factors (how are these 2 related?)
Density dependent factors
Density independent factors
Demography
Chapter 5
Biodiversity
Exotic species
Chapter 6
Give an example of a chemical compound
What is a nucleus made of?
What do all organic materials contain?
What are the building blocks of proteins?
Why does water dissolve many things?
Enzymes
Know the pH scale
What are unsaturated lipids?
What are proteins made of?
Concentration gradient
Dynamic equilibrium
Chapter 14
When did humans evolve?
Where are most fossils found?
How many eras have mammals existed?
Chapter 15
How do things become resistant to pesticides?
Speciation and gradualism are part of what process?
Natural selection
Convergent/divergent evolution
Disruptive/directional /stabilizing selection
What is Charles Darwin known for?
Vestigial structures
Homologous/analogous structures
Geographic isolation
Chapter 17
Binomial nomenclature
Classification
Fungus
Taxon
How are cladograms made?