Jenny Jiang

Due August 4
th
, 2014 on turnitin
Dr. Pepper AP Bio

AP Biology Summer Assignment 2014-2015: Part 1. Ecology Review
Chapter 34:
1. Explain the difference between abiotic and biotic factors. How does each affect organisms?
a.
2. Using two specific biomes as examples, explain the conditions that determine why a
particular biome occurs in a specific area.
a.
Vocabulary
1. Abiotic factor
2. Aphotic zone
3. Benthic zone
4. Biome
5. Biosphere
6. Biotic components/factors
7. Chaparral
8. Community
9. Coniferous forest
10. Continental shelves
11. Desert
12. Desertification
13. Doldrums
14. Ecology
15. Ecosystem
16. Estuary
17. Habitat
18. I ntertidal zone
19. Landscape
20. Ocean currents
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21. Organism
22. Pelagic zone/realm
23. Permafrost
24. Photic zone
25. Phytoplankton
26. Population
27. Prevailing winds
28. Savanna
29. Temperate broadleaf forest
30. Temperate zones
31. Trade zones
32. Trade winds
33. Tropical forest
34. Tropics
35. Tundra
36. Westerlies
37. Wetlands
38. Zooplankton
Chapter 36:
1. Describe the exponential and logistic population growth curves. Explain their shapes and
explain why they are different.
a.
2. The mountain gorilla, spotted, owl, giant panda, snow leopard, and grizzly bear are all
endangered by human encroachment on their environment. Another thing these animals
have in common is that they all have K-selected life history traits. Why might they be
more likely to become endangered than animals with r-selected life history traits?
a.
Vocabulary
Jenny Jiang
Due August 4
th
, 2014 on turnitin
Dr. Pepper AP Bio

1. Age structure
2. Carrying capacity
3. Clumped
4. Demographic transition
5. Density dependent
6. Dispersion pattern
7. Ecological footprint
8. Exponential growth model
9. K-selected
10. Life history
11. Life table
12. Logistic growth model
13. Maximum sustained yield
14. Per capita rate of increase
15. Population
16. Population density
17. Population ecology
18. Population momentum
19. r-selected
20. Random
21. Survivorship curve
22. Sustainable resource
23. Management
24. Uniform
Chapter 37:
1. Describe an example of coevolution between predator and prey and describe an
example of coevolution in an ecological relationship other than predator/prey
interactions
Jenny Jiang
Due August 4
th
, 2014 on turnitin
Dr. Pepper AP Bio

2. Explain the difference between intraspecific and interspecific interactions. Pick one
species and describe two examples of intraspecific interactions, one helpful and one
harmful. Then for that same species, do the same for interspecific interactions. Next,
do the same again for a different species in a different environment, describing
examples of intraspecific and interspecific, helpful and harmful interactions. [Note:
Answer should include 8 individual descriptions of interactions].
Vocabulary
1. Abiotic reservoir
2. Biogeochemical cycle
3. Biological control
4. Biomass
5. Chemical cycling
6. Coevolution
7. Community
8. Decomposer
9. Decomposition
10. Detritivore
11. Detritus
12. Disturbance
13. Ecological niche
14. Ecological succession
15. Ecosystem
16. Energy flow
17. Food chain
18. Food web
19. Herbivore
20. I nterspecific competition
21. I nterspecific interaction
22. I nvasive species
Jenny Jiang
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23. Keystone species
24. Mutualism
25. Nitrogen fixation
26. Predation
27. Primary consumer
28. Primary producer
29. Primary succession
30. Producer
31. Quaternary consumer
32. Secondary consumer
33. Secondary succession
34. Species diversity
35. Sustainable resource
36. Development
37. Tertiary consumer

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