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The Cell
1. What is the difference between a plant and animal cell.
2. What is the difference between a prokaryote and eukaryote cell
3. Why is the phospholipid bilayer important – what is it composed of, vesicle formation
4. Diffusion- which way do particles move in an experiment
a. Define diffusion
b. What happens at equilibrium
c. Define Osmosis
5. Lab safety- no question be familiar with class rules for lab safety
6. What is the structure (look like) and function of the following parts of cell
a. Nucleus
g. Cilia
b. Nucleolus
h. Flagella
c. Endoplasmic Reticulum i. Mitochondria
d. Cell wall
j. Central vacuole
e. Ribosomes
k. Chloroplast
f. Golgi Apparatus
7. What are the principles of the cell theory- possible essay
8. How should one look at a slide on the microscope at high power
9. Lab practical- Be able to locate, draw, and label a cell on high power.
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration
1. Define and give an example of: autotroph, heterotroph, consumer, producer
2. What types of energy conversion occur in photosynthesis
3. Plants absorb light by? and appear green because of?
4. Experiment
a. Define the independent variable & dependent variable
b. Be able to read a graph- no question
c. What Gas is released by photosynthesis
5. What are the equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration? How are they similar yet
different?
6. How is energy released in ATP?
7. What are the products and reactants of cellular respiration?
8. Yeast and fermentation – what type, aerobic or anaerobic?
9. How do muscle cramps develop?
10. What foods are made from fermentation?
11. Comparison of light reaction and Calvin Cycle: light use, location, reactants, products, and
energy types
12. Comparison of Glycolysis, Respiration & Fermentation (2 types of fermentation): # ATP,
location, products
13. Write the balanced chemical equations for photosynthesis & cell respiration- possible essay
Ecology
1. Food web /pyramids
a. Define the types of organisms- producers, consumers, decomposers, omnivores
b. What will happen to other organisms if the food web is disrupted
c. Define producer, 1st, 2nd and 3rd order consumers
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d. What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors- examples
e. Be able to read a pyramid of numbers and energy- how is energy flow represented
through a food chain / web - possible essay question
2. Human population growth
a. Graphs: Draw and explain J-shape / exponential, S-shape / carrying capacity
b. What are causes for rapid human growth in the last 150 years
3. Symbiosis: define and give examples of commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, predator-prey
4. Human disturbances
a. Define: Ozone layer depletion, biological magnification
b. Define: Acid rain, deforestation
5. Ecological succession: primary v. secondary – what is the difference
6. Population  Community  Ecosystem  Biome: define each in relations to one another
7. Calculate density of a population if given information ( 20 elk living in 100 mi2  population
density)
8. Conservation
a. What methods are used to increase biodiversity and protect endangered species
b. What are threats to biodiversity
9. Path of energy in living things - Comes from where and goes through life how?
10. Chemical cycles: Carbon, nitrogen, and water- what does each do?
11. What is the difference between abiotic and biotic. Give examples of each.
12. For each of the following biomes be able to describe general characteristics of each: Desert,
Tundra, Coniferous forest (taiga), Temperate deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rain forest.
Create a table on your paper as below and complete for all listed biomes.
Biome
Water
Temperature
Soil
Plants
Animals
Essays
1. Explain the three parts of the cell theory and explain why it is important to biology?
2. Compare & contrast the photosynthesis equation with the cellular respiration equation.
3. Trace the path and amount of energy (including % loss) from the sun to a quarternary level
consumer in a food chain.
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