1. Relationships in the Ecosystem.
1. Explain the relationship between a predator and its prey.
2. What is parasitism?
3. What is symbiosis?
1. Describe mutualism.
2. Describe commensalism.

 

2. Ecological Succession
1. What causes succession?
2. What is primary succession?
1. What is a lichen?
2. Why is it considered part of a pioneer community?
3. Does the sequence that occurs when soil is produced.
4. What is a climax community?
5. What is secondary succession?
6. How does a lake undergo succession?
7. What is Island succession?

1. Describe the species of finches on the Galapagos Islands.

 

3. Stability in the Ecosystem
1. How is stability measured?

B What can happen if there is a major disruption?

IV. Land Biomes

1. What is a biome?
2. What are the nine major terrestrial biomes?
3. Give the general characteristics of the following biomes:
1. desert
2. tundra
3. coniferous forest
4. deciduous forest
5. rain forest
6. temperate woodland and shrubland

a. Chaparral