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STUDY GUIDE for ECOLGY UNIT
A. Ecosystem
Structure
1. Biological
populations and
communities
Miller
Biozone
Other
Important terms
(4.3)
p. 40
Tidepool
Community
Ecosystem
Examples/explanations
ecotube
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
2. Ecological
niches
5.3
P 49-50
Tidepool
butterlfly
Habitat and tolerance range
Fundamental
realized
3. Interactions
among species
8.3/8.
4
P
97-100
tidepool
Interspecific competition
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalisms
Predator/ Prey
4. Keystone
indicator
foundation
8.2
P 77-78
5. Species
diversity and edge
effects
invasive species
6. Terrestrial
biomes
climate
latitude
altitude
8.1
8.2
P 217
(Ch 6)
P. 41-48
7. Aquatic biomes
Lakes, rivers
Swamps, marshes
Coastal waters
Main ocean
Deep ocean
Ch 7
B. Energy Flow
(4.4)
1. Photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
productivity
GPP, NPP by area
(4.5)
2. food webs and
trophic levels
(4.4)
69
tidepool
Ecotone
Forest edges
Zebra mussel
Habitats
Tundra
Boreal forest-taiga
Temperate forest- deciduous
Chaparral, desert
Tropical rain forest
Savanna - grassland
Steppe - prairie
Phytoplankton vs
Nekton
vs
Oligotrophic vs
Cultural eutrophication
Tidepool
Habitats
Euphotic zone
P 51-53
57,8
61,62
p. 55,6
Equations 
Duck
weed
Grass
Lab
Ecotubes
Producers/consumers
Detrivores, decomposers
Grass
Lab
3. ecological
pyramids
Ecology Review
(4.4)
P 59,60
Trophic levels 1,2,3
Grass
Lab
Ave efficiency/level
1
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C. Ecosystem
Diversity
1. Biodiversity
Tidepool
5.1,
5.4
p 77,8
Areas with greatest
Land
ocean
2. Natural
selection ,
evolution
5.5
butterfly
Mutation
Adaptation
Extinction
3. Ecosystem
services
Ch 7
Case
study
habitats
Absorbing pollution
Providing habitats
Protecting against erosion
D. Natural
Ecosystem
Change
1. Climate shifts /
Species
movement
5.4
P 79
Butterfly
Ice ages
El Nino
Global warming
2. ecological
succession
(8.5/8.
6)
74-76
Fire
zones
Primary
Secondary
deflected
E. Natural
Biochemical
Cycles
1. Carbon
(4.7)
65,6
carbon
Gane
All living things
2. Nitrogen
67-70
3. Phosphorus
72
Guano
4. Sulfur
73
Rocks, volcanoes,
Fossil fuel burning
Acid rain
5. Water
71
Ocean % ________
Frozen % _________
Ecology Review
Muir Web concept
Nitrogen
Game
Bacteria
Legumes
Nitrification
Nitrogen Fixation
2
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