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Study Guide: AICE Environmental Management Ch.3, 4, 7 Test
Multiple Choice
Know the following concepts:
Ch.3
Know the difference between abiotic and biotic factors
Know the difference between detritivores, omnivores, carnivores, herbivores and decomposers
Know the reactants and products of photosynthesis
Know the difference between food webs and food chains, trophic levels, biomass
Understand the percentages of energy lost and gained within a food chain
Know what NPP is and which ecosystems have more or less (fig 3-16) pg 64
Know the water cycle, how humans alter the water cycle
Know the carbon cycle and how human alter it
Which of the nutrient’s most limits plant NPP?
Ch.4
Define ecological niche, know what it includes
Define endemic and endangered species
Define the following roles found in a niche: native, indicator, keystone and foundation species
Difference between primary succession and secondary succession
Factors that help with soil formation in primary succession
Plant types for: pioneer, early successional, midsuccessional, latesuccessional and climax species
Define the factors that affect the rate of succession: facilitation, inhibition, and tolerance
Ch.7
Most important factor in determining a biomes location
Difference between biome, ecosystem, communities, populations and habitat
Primary limiting factor for vegetation in a biome
Which biome has the least NPP
Know basic abiotic and biotic characteristics for the following biomes desert, savanna, tundra,
tropical rainforest and temperate deciduous forest
Know how to read graphs like the ones on pages 149 and 151
Written:
Food webs, food chains
Know your biomes: distribution, abiotic and biotic- tropical rain forest- review amazon notes.
Impacts on ecosystems from deforestation, agriculture etc and methods used to preserve,
conserve and restore ecosystem (national parks, afforestation, ecotourism, forest conservation,
changing agricultural practices), remember Amazon case study.
Succession
Nutrient Cycling
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