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Test review – AP Environmental Science Chapters 3 and 4 Major concepts/terms to study: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Definitions and terms from the beginning of chapter 3 (population, community, etc) Ecotones Abiotic factors which determine ecosystem types (compare terrestrial and aquatic) Food webs Pyramids of energy/biomass/numbers - be aware of exceptions as well Primary productivity (net and gross) – be sure you can explain the relationship between these concepts and photosynthesis/respiration and the carbon cycle, as well as energy flow in ecosystems. 7. Biogeochemical cycles: water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur. Carbon and nitrogen are the most important - you should be able to explain each step of these cycles, and reproduce them from memory. Use the diagrams and animations linked to the online notes to study - you might find them more helpful than the diagrams in the book. 8. Ecosystem services 9. Biodiversity: richness and evenness 10. Long term ecological research 11. Field biology research methods (reference Jug Bay field trip and associated readings) 12. Adaptation: natural selection, speciation, co-evolution, niches, generalists and specialists. Be sure you can explain how natural selection happens. Relate adaptation/speciation to biodiversity and competition. Terms to know: populations community ecosystem troposphere stratosphere biosphere range of tolerance omnivore/herbivore/carnivore/detritovore/decomposer heterotroph/autotroph chemosynthesis GPP and NPP transpiration nitrogen fixation guano GIS biodiversity: genetic, species, functional, ecological richness and eveness structural diversity adaptation mutation speciation and geographic isolation endemic ecological niche: generalists and specialists indicator species keystone and foundation species