Download topics covered – 7th grade ecology district test

7TH GRADE ECOLOGY DISTRICT TEST
TOPICS COVERED:
Section 1:
 Ecosystem and interactions within the ecosystem
 Food Web (food chains, producers, consumers, decomposers)
 Interactions between organisms (predator/prey, symbiotic relationships)
Section 2:
 Natural cycles/rhythms (daily and annual cycles)
 Cycles of Matter (water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle)
 Environmental Cycle (succession)
VOCABULARY TO KNOW: Be able to define the following words.
Section 1:
1. environment
2. ecosystem
3. community
4. population
5. habitat
6. producer
7. consumer
8. decomposer
9. food chain
10. food web
11. niche
Section 2:
22. biological clock
23. daily rhythm
24. diurnal
25. nocturnal
26. annual rhythm
27. hibernation
28. Estivation
29. migration
30. cycle
12. competition
13. predation
14. predator
15. prey
16. parasite
17. host
18. symbiosis
19. commensalism
20. mutualism
21. parasitism
31. evaporation
32. condensation
33. precipitation
34. runoff
35. groundwater
36. transpiration
37. nitrogen fixation
38. succession
39. climax community
QUESTIONS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER:
Section 1:
 Be able to give examples of populations living in a typical New Jersey forest
 Know the difference between an ecosystem and a community
 Be able to give specific examples of commensalism, mutualism and parasitism in
a typical New Jersey forest
 Tell why predators are necessary for maintaining balance in an ecosystem
 Explain how animals use protective coloration and how it is important to both
predators and prey
 Be able to identify the main source of energy for all living things
 Be able to create a food chain in a typical New Jersey forest and be able to label
producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores and decomposers
 Be able to correctly show the flow of energy in a food chain by placing arrows in
the appropriate direction
 Know the two main jobs of decomposers
Section 2:
 Be able to give examples of daily and annual rhythms
 Be able to explain how organisms can cope with changing climates
 Be able to draw and explain how the water cycle, carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle
happen in a typical New Jersey forest
 Be able to describe the possible ecological succession of a typical New Jersey
forest and be able to identify what the climax community would be
 Be able to explain various ways ecological succession could be stopped, slowed
down or reversed
 Be able to explain how humans can positively and negatively impact the
ecosystem of a typical New Jersey forest