Assessment Friday, 2/26

This will be a quiz-length assessment.
Use the guide below to focus your studying and review of class materials and homework.
Please see me with questions!

Things to be able to do:

_____Order the levels of biological organization from simple to complex
_____Define population
_____Define community
_____Define ecosystem
_____Distinguish between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem

Resources:
TOC #98 - Ecosystems Notes
TOC #99 - DR. Ch. 18.1
Chapter 18.1

_____Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem
_____Create a food chain based on feeding relationships
_____Create an energy pyramid based on energy relationships
_____Describe an energy pyramid
_____Describe how energy affects populations in an ecosystem
_____Describe how changes in one population of organisms affects other organisms in a food chain

Resources:
TOC # 100 - DR Ch. 18.2
TOC # 101 - Prairie Ecosystem
TOC # 103 - Energy - in an Ocean Ecosystem
TOC # 104 - Energy in Ecosystems (will be returned)
Chapter 18.2

_____Define carrying capacity
_____Determine carrying capacity from a graph of population number vs. time
_____Identify how changes in resources can affect a population's carrying capacity

Resources:
TOC # 105 - Box Lake
TOC # 106 - Carrying Capacity: Graphing


Happy studying!
- Mrs. Hong

Classification Assessment Monday, 2/8/16

On Monday, you will take a small assessment on the classification of living things.
Use this guide to focus your review.

Be able to:
_____Explain the importance of classifying living things.
_____Identify the 3 domains of life.
_____Sort an organism into a domain based on its cell type, unicellular/multicellular, and 
             description.
_____Organize the levels of classification from general to most specific.
_____Explain why the levels of classification get more specific from domain to species.
_____Identify the 6 kingdoms of life.
_____Sort an organism into a kingdom based on cell type, unicellular/multicellular, 
             autotroph/heterotroph, and description.

Resources:
Chapter 9.1
Chapter 9.2
class notes and activities