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Unit 1 Biology Review - Chapters 1-3
1. Biomes have similar abiotic and biotic components as well as temperature,
precipitation, latitude, and elevation.
a) What are some abiotic and biotic components? (pg.9)
b) Name the 8 terrestrial biomes.(pg.20-28)
2. Climatographs – precipitation is shown on the bar graph, and temperature is on a
line graph. The y-axis shows the months of the year.
a) Sketch a climatograph for a biome of your choice: (pg.20-28)
3. Animals adapt to their biomes:
b) What is the difference between a structural, physiological and behavioral
adaptation? Give an example of each. (pg.16-19)
4. Define the following: (pg.39)
a. Species
b. Population
c. Community
5. When species interact it can be good or bad. What do the following symbiotic
relationships mean? (pg. 40-46)
a. Commensalisms
b. Mutualism
c. Parasitism
d. Competition
e. Predation
6. In food webs, food chains, and food pyramids there are several terms to describe
the plants and animal. What is meant by the following (60-64)
a. Trophic level
b. Producer
c. Consumer
d. Carnivore, Omnivore, Herbivore, decomposer/ detrivore,
7. What is the difference between bioaccumulation and biomagnification? (pg.9498)
8. Understand the nutrient cycles of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorous. Look at the
diagrams in your data booklets. Be sure you know what every arrow is referring
to! (pg.70-86)
9. What is natural selection and adaptive radiation? Think about Darwin’s finches!!
(pg.110)
10. There can be primary and secondary succession. In primary succession it starts
with bare rock and in secondary succession it starts with soil after a disturbance.
(pg.111-114)
Examples of primary succession –
Examples of secondary succession –
11. Invasive species can hurt native plant and animal populations in the following
ways, give an example for each. (pg.140-142)
a. Competition
b. Predation
c. Disease
d. Parasitism
e. Habitat Destruction