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2nd Semester Biology Final Study Guide
High School Integrated Science
1. List the organization levels which encompass all ecosystems (List from simple to
complex. Beginning with species end with biosphere)
2. Define:
a. Population
b. Community
c. Species (organism)
d. Ecosystem
e. Biosphere
f. Biome
3. Define and give an example:
a. Producer (autotroph)
b. Consumer (heterotroph)
i. Primary (herbivore)
ii. Secondary (carnivore)
iii. Tertiary (omnivore)
c. Decomposer (detrivores)
4. What happens to the energy in an energy pyramid? 10% goes ______ the 90% is
heat
5. Carbon is cycled throughout the atmosphere through what 3 processes?
6. Distinguish between a food web and food chain.
7. Draw and label the water cycle
8. Define biotic and abiotic factors
9. List and briefly describe the following biomes:
a. Tundra
b. Desert
c. Tropical Rainforest
d. Temperate forest
e. Savanna
10. List the 3 Symbiotic relationships and describe.
11. Define competition and predation
12. Define the structure and function for the following organelles:
a. Nucleus
b. Mitochondria
c. Cell membrane
d. Chloroplast
e. Cytoplasm
f. Nucleolus
g. Endoplasmic reticulum
h. Golgi apparatus
i. Ribosome
j. Vacuole
13. What are the 2 broad categories for cells? (hint: it depends on the presence of a
nucleus)
14. What would happen to an animal cell in salt water? _______ In fresh water?_______
15. Define osmosis and diffusion
16. What are the 3 stages of the cell cycle (describe each briefly)
17. When in the cell cycle are chromosomes visible?
18. Define mitosis
19. Explain the 4 stages of mitosis.
20. What are spindle fibers and what is their function?
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Label the cell cycle
Who was Mendel and what was he famous for?
define and explain diploid and haploid
If I have a diploid number 12, what is the haploid number?
Define:
a. Genotype
b. Phenotype
c. Homozygous
d. Heterozygous
e. Codominant
f. Crossing over
Explain the Principle of Independent Assortment
Define meiosis
List the stages of meiosis
What is the result of meiosis?
What was Linnaeus famous for?
List the taxonomy levels
what is binomial nomenclature?