Download APB Unit 8 Vocabulary List

AP Biology
Unit 8: Ecology
Key Vocabulary
Ecosystems
abiotic, abyssal zone, biome, biosphere, biotic, chaparral, climax community,
coniferous forest, coral reef, deciduous forest, desert, ecological succession,
estuary, grassland, intertidal zone, pelagic zone, pioneer community, rivers and
lakes, savanna, taiga, tropical rain forest, tundra
Biogeochemical Cycles
acid rain, biomagnification, carbon cycle, cultural eutrophication, deforestation,
denitrification, eutrophic, greenhouse effect, nitrogen fixation, nitrogen fixing
bacteria, oligotrophic, ozone depletion, water cycle
Feeding Relationships
autotroph, biomass, commensalism, competition, competitive exclusion principle,
decomposer, food chain, food web, fundamental niche, gross primary
productivity, heterotroph, host, keystone species, mutualism, niche, parasite,
parasitism, predator, prey, primary productivity, primary consumer, producer,
realized niche, secondary consumer, symbiosis, trophic level
Population Ecology
carrying capacity, density-dependent limiting factor, density-independent limiting
factor, exponential population growth, K selection, logistic population growth,
pyramid of numbers, r selection, survivorship curve
Behavioral Ecology
associative learning, Batesian mimicry, bee dancing, circadian rhythm, classical
conditioning, critical period, dominance hierarchy, fixed action pattern (FAP),
imprinting, innate behavior, learning, migration, Mullerian mimicry, operant
conditioning, pheromone, sign stimulus, taxis, territoriality