Download Midterm Review

Study Checklist for 1st Quarter Exam
Integrated
TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED DURING MARKING PERIOD #1
**Review notes, assignments, and quizzes given for these topics.**
*Levels of Ecological Organization
 organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
*Characteristic biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems
*Energy flow through ecosystems
 food chains, food webs, energy pyramids
*Biotic interactions in an ecosystem
 competition, predation, symbiosis
*Effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species
extinction
*Ways that matter cycles through an ecosystem (biogeochemical cycles)
 water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle
*Change in ecosystems in response to natural and human disturbance

climate change, invasive species, pollution, fires, etc.
*Scientific Method and Inquiry
 Describe the process and be able to apply it to a problem.
Study Island Review Lessons
*Log onto Study Island and complete the lessons to review for the exam.
*Click on ‘SCIENCE’ at the top of the page.
*Click on ‘PA Biology Keystone Preparation’
*Take the pretest….then complete lessons and practice assessments on the
following topics.
Ecosystems & Biomes
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
Organism Interactions & Population Dynamics
Earth’s Cycles
Environmental Change
Nature of Science
Scientific Inquiry
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