Download SI - TEST 4 STUDY GUIDE Bio 203 – Spring 2011 VOCABULARY 4

SI - TEST 4 STUDY GUIDE
Bio 203 – Spring 2011
VOCABULARY
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Community, competition, mutualism, predation, commensalism, Lotka-Volterra equations,
competitive exclusion principle, niche partitioning, carnivore, herbivore, parasite, parasitoid
4/19
Keystone species, standing defense, inducible defense, aposematic colors, mimicry, symbiosis,
trophic level, food webs
4/21
Habitat herterogeneity, Cambrian evolutionary fauna, Paleozoic evolutionary fauna, Modern
evolutionary fauna, Sepkoski, Bambach
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Clements, Gleason, Whitaker, Krebs, succession, primary succession, secondary succession,
ecosystems, energy transformations, biogeochemical cycling, primary producers, consumers,
decomposers, autotrophs, heterotrophs, conversion efficiency
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Primary productivity, carbon cycle, phosphorous cycle, nitrogen cycle, greenhouse effect,
bottom-up control, top-down control
5/3
Biodiversity, ecosystem diversity, genetic diversity, species diversity, biodiversity hotspot,
invasive species
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STUDY TIPS
Do the study questions Dr. Smith provided. They really are comprehensive.
Make flashcards of the figures. Make sure you MEMORIZE the axes in case you are
asked to recreate a figure (versus just recognizing it).
Actually read the book this time
o Look up the people on the study questions that Dr. Smith provided. Some of them
did other things that she did not mention in lecture.
For the equations, define each term in your own words
During the test, if you are not sure whether you are supposed to bring in prior knowledge
or assume something about a figure or multiple choice question, ASK DR. SMITH. She
said she would tell you whether or not you can assume that thing.
Write in pen on the test– that way if you ask for a re-grade on a question there will be no
doubt as to whether you changed your answer…