Biology 1108
Final Test Objectives
1. Define ecology.
2. Define ecosystem.
3. Define biosphere.
4. Name the physical and chemical factors that affect the biosphere.
5. Name the two types of aquatic ecosystems (marine and fresh water) and describe defining characteristics.
6. Name the nine types of terrestrial biomes, indicate their location on Earth, what organisms are found there and other characteristics such as rain fall.
7. Define population.
8. Explain what is meant by population density and dispersion.
9. Distinguish between exponential and logistic models of population growth.
10. Define carrying capacity.
11. Describe the factors that limit population growth.
12. Describe the two kinds of life histories and their characteristics.
13. Describe the factors that have caused an increase in population growth among humans.
14. Define the term niche.
15. Describe how organisms compete and how they deal with competition with each other.
16. Describe the relationship between predator and prey and defense mechanisms.
17. What are the advantages of predation?
18. Know the different symbiotic relationships and give example including
a. parasitism
b. commensalism
c. mutualism
19. Define succession.
20. Have and understanding of food chains and food webs.
21. What are producers (give examples).
22. What are primary consumers (give examples).
23. What are secondary consumers (give example).
24. What are detritivores (give examples).
25. Understand that energy is wasted up the food chain.
26. Explain the genetic basis of behavior and give examples
27. Define fixed action pattern and give an example
28. Define imprinting and give an example
29. Define good gene hypothesis
30. Define run-away hypothesis
31. Describe how males compete including the use of dominance hierarchy and territoriality
32. Describe how animals communicate with each other including chemical, auditory and visual and give example of each
33. What are the advantages and disadvantages of group living
34. Define altruism and give an example
Final Exam Review
1. Define communication.
2. Name the 4 types of communication.
3. Production of phermones is ________________ communication
4. What kind of communication is used most often during the day?
5. Male crickets calling for females is ____________ communication.
6. Male primate grooming a female primate is _____________ communication
7. List two benefits of group living.
8. List two disadvantages of group living.
9. Durable change in behavior brought about by experience is called ___________________ .
10. Baby dukes follow the fist moving object. This is called _________________ .
11. Defensive behaviors used to defend a territory is called ________________________ .
12. Behavior that decreases the reproductive success of the individual but benefits other members is called ___________________ .
13. Give an example of courtship display.
14. Rivalry between organisms for the same resources such as food is called ______________
15. No two species can occupy the same _________________ at the same time.
16. When one organism feeds on another organism, it is called _________________ .
17. Give 2 examples of defenses against predation.
18. When one species resembles another for its own benefit, it is called ______________ .
19. In what kind of relationship, one organism is harmed while the other benefits?
20. In what kind of relationship, one organism benefits and the other is not effected?
21. Define symbiosis.
22. E. coli obtains food from intestine and provides vitamins to the host. What kind of relationship is this?
23. Define carrying capacity.
24. Sequential changes in relative dominance of species within a community is called ________
25. The _________________ is a thin realm of water, land and air where all organisms live.
26. Areas of biological abundance found in shallow tropical warm waters is called ___________
27. What determines the geographic location of a biome?
28. What kind of biome is composed of mostly evergreen trees?
29. The biome with less than 25 cm of rain is called a ________________ .
30. What kind of biome is found near the north pole?
31. In the tropics, the grasslands are called ____________________ .
32. Moose is found in what kind of biome?
33. Zebras are found in what kind of biome?
34. Maple trees are found in what kind of biome?
35. What kind of climate has rainy winters and warm, dry summers?
36. What is the shape of exponential growth curve?
37. Population growth is determined by which two factors?
38. What are the three age groups of the populations?
39. What are detritivores?
40. What are primary consumers?
41. What are secondary consumers?
42. Define a food chain.