Download AP Study Guide for Behavior/Ecology Unit Test

AP Study Guide for Behavior/Ecology Unit Test
Chapter 52 – Population Ecology
What is meant by a population?
Exponential and Logistic growth patterns and reasons
The meaning of N and K
Carrying capacity
Survivorship Curves
Characteristics of r and k selection
Demographic Transition and Human Populations Causes and Issues
Age Structure Diagrams
Ecological Footprint and comparisons for various countries
Chapter 53 – Community Ecology
What is meant by a community along with community interactions:
Symbiosis (mutualism, parasitism and commensalism) competition, predation,
herbivores, importance of carnivores, decomposers/detritivores
Trophic structures and Energy Transfer and Biomass
Food Chains and Food webs
Invasive species and their consequences
Importance of Biodiversity and reasons for loss
Chapter 54 – Ecosystems
What is meant by an ecosystem?
Heterotrophs and autotrophs (photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs)
Primary, secondary consumers, etc. Roles/niches
Herbivores and carnivores. Their roles/niches
Matter and Energy movement through ecosystems and their differences
Photosynthesis vs. Cell Respiration: reactants, products, organisms that do these
Importance of Cyanobacteria
Effect of nutrient enrichment and Eutrophication
Meaning of gross and net primary production and how they are determined
Ecosystem with the largest overall production vs. per area production and why
Limiting Factors of Primary Production
Nutrient Cycles: carbon, nitrogen, (nitrogen-fixation, denitrifying), water
How fossil fuels were formed and what exactly they are
Human effects on ecosystems: nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, deforestation, biological
magnification global warming vs. greenhouse effect and climate change
Importance of organic farming
Thermodynamic Laws and how they are applied to trophic levels