ECOLOGY ECOLOGY

ELEVEN ELEVEN
What you need to know What you need to know
# Topic Done Revised # Topic Done Revised
1. Parts of a food chain, including the meaning 1. Parts of a food chain, including the meaning
of the arrows of the arrows
2. Food webs and how they are products of 2. Food webs and how they are products of
connected food chains connected food chains
3. The meanings of: Pyramid of Biomass, 3. The meanings of: Pyramid of Biomass,
Pyramid of Numbers, and Pyramid of Pyramid of Numbers, and Pyramid of
Energy Energy
4. Compare and contrast cellular respiration 4. Compare and contrast cellular respiration
and photosynthesis by looking at the and photosynthesis by looking at the
chemical equations (products and reactants) chemical equations (products and reactants)
5. The different possible symbiotic 5. The different possible symbiotic
relationships amongst organisms relationships amongst organisms
6. Understand the process of ecological 6. Understand the process of ecological
succession succession
7. Define Population 7. Define Population

8. Describe the stages populations go through
as they increase in size
9. Know the difference between exponential
growth and logistic growth
10. Know what determines the size of a
population, including examples for density-
dependent factors and density-independent
factors
8. Describe the stages populations go through
as they increase in size
9. Know the difference between exponential
growth and logistic growth
10. Know what determines the size of a
population, including examples for density-
dependent factors and density-independent
factors