Concepts - understand the big picture

What are the characteristics of r-selected reproduction?
          What are its advantages? 
          What are its disadvantages?
What are the characteristics of k-selected reproduction?
          What are its advantages? 
          What are its disadvantages?
Is average life span related to reproduction strategy?  In what way?
How does a dominance hierarchy help a group's survival in good times?  In bad times?
How do new species arise from existing ones?

Facts -- get the details right

What is a biome?
What happens if a population exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment?
What is a limiting factor?  Give two examples.
What is the Primary Production of an environment?
What is an ecosystem?  What happens when an ecosystem collapses?

Picture It!

Draw a diagram of a food web for an ecosystem.  Show four trophic levels.