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Revision Biology Midyear Exam 2011-06-10 1. What is an ecosystem? 2. $. &. (. 6. *. +. Ho are !lants im!ortant to the s"rvival o# organisms in an ecosystem?

What is a #ood e%? Ex!lain the im!ortance o# decom!osers to an ecosystem. 'ive 2 exam!les o# decom!osers. What is !hotosynthesis? Write the ord e)"ation #or !hotosynthesis. What ty!es o# organism !er#orm !hotosynthesis? Ho are matter and energy trans#erred #rom organism to organism in a #ood chain? Ho does most energy enter an ecosystem? Ho is most energy lost #rom an ecosystem? Ho does the #lo o# matter in an ecosystem di##er #rom the #lo o# energy in an ecosystem? Ex!lain the meanings o# the #ollo ing ords. Biodiversity ,o!"lation Est"ary What are !lan-ton any hy are they so im!ortant? .ides are considered an a%iotic #actor that a##ects organisms living in an ecosystem. Ex!lain this statement and give exam!les o# other a%iotic #actors that co"ld a##ect marine li#e aro"nd /o"th 0"stralian aters. By ay o# exam!les ta-en #rom a marine environment sho that yo" "nderstand hat a #ood chain is and ho a #ood e% is more com!lex. Why are sea grasses so im!ortant to the marine ecosystems? What is ca"sing the decline o# the a%"ndance o# sea grasses? Caulerpa taxifolia is an introd"ced !est. Ex!lain ho it as introd"ced to /o"th 0"stralian aters. By hat other means are introd"ced s!ecies %ro"ght into /o"th 0"stralian ater?

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1ame the !rod"cer organisms in this #ood e%. 'ive $ exam!les o# a #ood chain #rom the #ood e% a%ove that each contain & organisms.

What im!ortant gro"! o# organisms are missing #rom the #ood e% sho n a%ove?

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