Have a nice summer!

It was a pleasure being your Biology teacher!  Good luck on the Living Environment Regents exam which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 19, 2012.  I hope you have a wonderful summer!

I encourage all students to stay after school for extra help this week.

Homework Due Monday

Textbooks are to be turned in on Monday, June 4, 2012.  All Castle Learning for our class must also be completed by 6/8/2012-no later.

Define all of the vocabulary terms (A-H)  that we went over in class.  This is due on Monday.  Review these terms as often as you can.  The rest of the vocabulary (I-Z) should be completed by 6/7
A
abiotic
acid
acid rain
active transport
adaptation
AIDS
amino acids
antibodies
antigen
asexual reproduction
ATP

B
bacteria
biodiversity
biome
biosphere
biotic
body cells
bonds

C
cancer
carbohydrate
carbon dioxide
carnivore
carrying capacity
cell membrane
chloroplasts
chromosomes
circulation
clone
competition
consumers
cytoplasm

D
decomposer
deforestation
dependent variable
diffusion
digestion
DNA

E
ecology
ecological succession
ecosystems
embryo
energy
energy pyramid
enzyme
evolution
excretion
external fertilization
extinction

F
feedback mechanism
fertilization
fetus
food chain
food web
fossil fuels
fungi

G
gametes
gene
gene expression
genetic engineering
gene mutation
global warming
glucose
greenhouse effect
guard cells

H
herbivore
heredity
*homeostasis*
hormones


I
immune system
industrialization
infection
inorganic


K
Karyotype

L
life function

M
meiosis
metabolism
mitochondria
mitosis
multicellular
mutation

N
natural selection
niche
nucleus

O
organ systems
organelles
organic
organism
osmosis
ovaries
oxygen
ozone layer

P
pathogens
photosynthesis
physiology
pollution
predator
prey
producer
protein

R
recombination
recycle
replicate
respiration
ribosomes

S
selective breeding
sex cells
sexual reproduction
speciation
sperm
stimulus
synthesis

T
testes
testosterone
transport
tropism

U uterus

V
variation
viruses

Z
zygote

Ecology Test tomorrow. Below are some of the things you need to know for the test. Use your review sheet that we completed in class on Friday.

Ecology is the study of how organisms interat with living and nonliving things.

Abiotic factors- non-living parts of the environment (rocks, air, ph, sunlight)

Niche is a species’ role in it’s environment (it’s JOB and what it EATS)

Population- all the organisms of a species that live in the same area.

Community - all the different populations in an area.

Biosphere - all of earth's ecosystemsCompetition - is the struggle for resources among organisms.

Limiting Factors are the living and non living things in the environment that limit the size

Carrying Capacity is the maximum population that an ecosystem can support

Predators kill and eat other organisms called Prey.

Autotrophs - (producers) make their own food by photosynthesis

Heterotrophs - must eat something for food (consumers)

Herbivores - can only eat plantsCarnivores - can only eat animals

Omnivores - can eat plants & animals (all humans!!!!)

Consumers - same as heterotrophs

Decomposers - break organisms down and return nutrients to the soil.

Scavengers - eat dead organisms that they did not kill themselves example: vultures

Parasites - live off of another organism (host) and do not kill them usually

of populations. 

5/15/2012

Homework:  3 page review of Producers & Consumers, Predator & Prey and Food Web.

5/14/2012 Homework

Define the following terms from the ecology unit:

food chain

ecosystem

producer

consumer

herbivore

carnivore

prey

predator

trophic level

omnivore

food web

decomposers

biomass

biomagnification

Quiz on Monday

Quiz on Monday...The only question you will be asked is to list the 6 main ideas of Darwin's Theory of Evolution.  (page 602 in Textbook)