To My Living Environment classes:
The following are the specific topics that you will need to know well for this Unit Exam on Ecology:
1. Different levels of ecological entity organization in proper order.
2. Definition, differences, and example of biotic vs. abiotic factors.
3. Difference between habitat and niche.
4. Different types of community interaction: Competition, Predation, Symbiosis(3 categories).
5. What is competitive exclusion principle?
6. Different type of organisms within an ecosystem (e.g. Autotrophs and different types of heterotrophs).
7. How energy flow thru ecosystem: Energy, biomass, and number pyramid.
8. Food Chain vs. Food web.
9. Water, Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorous Cycles.
10. Primary vs. Secondary Ecological Successions.
11. Different Population growth curves and associated conditions; Concept of carrying capacity.
12. Know the typical examples of land biomes (from HW).
In terms of textbook, this exam will cover Chapter 2, Chapter 3 - Unit 3.1~3.2.
Focus should be on the class notes!
Dr. Liu
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