Assessment: Thursday, 3/10/16

On Thursday, you will be taking your final assessment for the ecology unit (Chapter 18). Your past assessments, your classwork, and Chapter 18 in your textbook are your best resources.

This assessment will consist of multiple choice questions and short answer questions.

Be able to:

_____Identify resources organisms would compete for
_____Identify adaptations that prey species have to hide from / protect themselves from predator species
_____Identify adaptations that predator species have to catch / eat prey species
_____Given scenarios describing species' relationships, identify whether the relationship is mutualism, parasitism, or commensalism

Resources:
TOC #107 - 109 Chapter 18.3 Notes (all 3 note sheets)
TOC # 111 Symbiosis Examples
DO NOW
HW p. 497
Chapter 18.3

_____Define producer
_____Define consumer
_____Define decomposer
_____Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem
Is energy the same at all levels? Why? Why not?
_____Create a food chain based on feeding relationships
_____Create an energy pyramid based on energy relationships
_____Describe how energy affects populations in an ecosystem
What are the sizes of different populations in an ecosystem like? Why?
_____Describe how changes in one population of organisms affect other populations of 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
Chapter 18.2

_____Determine carrying capacity from a graph of population number vs. time
_____Identify changes that can affect a population's carrying capacity

Resources:
TOC # 105 - Box Lake
TOC # 106 - Carrying Capacity: Graphing
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Chapter 18.3

_____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

Please, see me or email me with questions BEFORE Thursday!
Happy studying!

- Mrs. Hong