Energy Flow Chapter

Study Guide for
Energy Flow Test

by Mr. Carrison under the supervision and guidance of Flash the Wonder Hound

1. Ultimately photosynthesis is a process in which light energy is converted to __________________ ____________ (two words)

2. What is GLUCOSE? Write the chemical formula for it.

3. List 5 different examples of an omnivore

4. List 10 different herbivores

5. List 5 APEX predators

6. How are food webs and food chains similar? How are they different?

7. Bottom line, what energy are we tracking as it moves up the energy flow pyramid?

8. Name 5 examples of organisms that live on or in a host and offer nothing in return.

9. All of the above are know as __________________

10. Is the shape of the energy flow pyramid of any importance? Why is it a pyrimid, any shape could have been chosen?

11. What is a tertiary consumer?

12. Name 5 tertiary consumers.

13. From largest populations to smallest, list in order - Primary Order Consumers, Apex Consumers and Second Order Consumers

14. Humans, raccoons, dogs and bears are all _____________ .

15. If you can not MAKE your own food and nutrients you are then a __________.

16. Why are plants called or considered producers?

17. Why are people not producers?

18. Are all consumers carnivores?

19. Are all herbivores vegetarians?

20. With what we have learned this week, what is the SMALLEST ANIMAL population or group in a community?

21. What do decomposers do or what is their niche in an ecosystem?

22. Can you list 5 different decomposers?

23. Be able to list 10 different predators?

24. What is a scavenger? List 5 animals that are scavengers. What do they feed on?

25. Deer, cows and rabbits belong to the same energy flow group. Give three different names for this group.

26. List three different names for the bottom organisms of the energy flow pyramid.

27. Have you visited the DOE's MCAS question review web page?

28. True or False ------ Gabby is kewl!

29. Below is a picture of what type of animal? Give 4 different names/groups! THINK.

30. Does this guy belong to some of the same groups as the animal above? Is so which one(s)?

31. Tiki and Flash belong to what energy flow group?

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Populations, Communities and Ecosystems

Study Guide for
Tomorrow's Test

Populations, Communities and Ecosystems

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1. Know ALL the words on your vocab sheet.

2. Make sure you have notes on the chapter - have a parent check over your notes.

3. Check out the chapter review at the end of the chapter.

4. Review Ozone Depletion and the Green House Effect
What man made gas is destroying the OZONE layer?

5. What is the difference between POPULATION and COMMUNITY? Know examples of each.

6. Members of a species enter an established population = ???

7. What is the study of all the living & dead "stuff" and the living organisms in an area called?

8. List 5 limiting factors on Scituate's deer population.

9. What are 5 limiting factors on your GRADES at Gates?

10. When you move out of Scituate you will be ____________ from our town.

11. No one dies, all offspring live and prosper, no limiting factors = ???

12. Why is our planet getting hotter?

13. How are emigration and immigration different?

14. How is MUTUALISM and PARASITISY different? How are they alike?

15. List 10 "things" that make up the Scituate COMMUNITY.

16. What is the habitat of a squirrel?

17. What is the niche of the squirrel?

18. What is the niche of the teenager in American society?

19. How are Tiki and Flash's habitat similar?
How are they different?

20. Can you associate these gasses to the correct "owner"?
Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, CFC's, O2 to Photosynthesis, Decomposition of Organic Matter, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion

21. Can you match CO2, O3, O2 to the correct word?
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Ozone

22. List the 4 steps of the SM in the correct order.

23. What is the definition of a watershed? Why are they so important to mankind?

24. Not much of a choice but what would your rather be?
Threatened
Extinct
Endangered

25. Review Ozone depletion in your textbook.

26. Because Passenger __________ tasted like ___________ they are now sadly ____________________.

27. What does linear mean?

28. What is LARGER?
mm
m
cm

29. Job = _________

30. Habitat = _____________

31. Tiki = __________________

32. Flash = _____________________

33. Twinkies are __________________

32. A person who works in a field of science has what 4 letters at the end of the word describing his or her job field?

33. The STUDY of something in science ALWAYS ends in what 4 letters.

34. Where is the largest OZONE hole in our atmosphere located?

35. ________ is a gas that man is putting into the atmaoshere that is building up and adding to the Green House Effect. Plants and trees tie up this gas.

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Endangured Animals and Water Conservation

Endangured Animals and Water Conservation Study Guide
by Mr. Carrison under the supervision of Flash the Wonder Hound

1. What is the atomic number of C, N and O?

2. What are the by-products of all types of burning on our planet?

3. What is a billfish?

4. Are any billfish endangered here in MA or the USA?

5. O3 is better know as ______________ and is important because ___________________.

6. Do you know ALL the vocab words COLD for the week? You BBEETTEERR!!

7. Be able to define ENVIRONMENT to a 5 year old.

8. How is an animal’s niche different from its habitat?

9. Why can some farming communities NOT drink their well water?

10. Most fresh water in the USA is used for ___________________.

11. Most HOUSHOLD water is used for ____________________.

12. What is better for the environment -
1.3 GPF toilet
3.55 GPF toilet
4.0 GPF toilet

13. Have you checked out the chapter review section of your textbook?

14. Pelagic

15. What is the Periodic Table? Take a look at it. Is there one in your agenda?

16. Review metric linear measurement.

17. I would know what was going on in the film we watched Monday!

18. Are your notes up to date? They better be!

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