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AP ECOLOGY REVIEW SHEET
Chapters
50
51
52
53
54
55
An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
Behavioral Ecology
Population Ecology
Community Ecology
Ecosystems
Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology
Objectives
1. You should be familiar with the diversity of ecological approaches and be able to
describe how the sun/earth relationship is important in determining climate patterns
that effect diversity in general and the location and distribution of terrestrial biomes
more specifically.
2. You should be familiar with abiotic factors that affect more local patterns of variability
in terrestrial biomes and aquatic ecosystems.
3. You should be knowledgeable of the abiotic and biotic (mainly vegetative) character
of the earth’s terrestrial biomes, and be able to compare and contrast the adaptation
of organisms in these environments.
4. You should be able to diagram and describe the more significant chemical cycles,
and be able to explain the abiotic and biotic processes involved in each.
5. You should be able to discuss the distribution of energy on earth, and diagram and
describe patterns in the flow of energy through ecosystems.
6. You should be able to contrast weather and climate, describe climate modeling, and
discuss multiple factors involved in global climate change and the effects that have
been documented in organisms throughout the globe.
7. You should be able to diagram and discuss factors important in determining the
number of species found on an island, and explain how such concepts are important
in conservation biology and restoration ecology.
8. You should be able to discuss and calculate biodiversity, and discuss the how prehuman and contemporary processes or actions affect biodiversity.
9. You should be able to discuss the diversity of variables important to demographics,
describe the variables that determine population size, explain how population size
can be determined, calculate populations given appropriate initial values, and
contrast the extreme life history strategies that species have.
10. You should be able discuss species-level ecological concepts associated with
important animal behaviors and interactions existing between species residing in a
community.
Lower Level
Mid-Level
Higher Level
Define, State, List, Draw, Measure, Estimate
Outline, Describe, Calculate, Identify, Apply, Compare, Annotate
Suggest, Discuss, Explain, Deduce, Predict, Evaluate, Design, Determine, Analyze
Vocabulary
Chapter 50
ecology
population ecology
dispersal
climate
photic zone
limnetic zone
biomes
savanna
temperate deciduous
polar ice
abiotic
community ecology
distribution
microclimate
aphotic zone
marine zonation
climatograph
desert
coniferous forest
biotic
ecosystem ecology
range
rain-shadow
benthic zone
oligotrophic lake
ecotone
chaparral
boreal tundra
organismal ecology
biosphere
abiotic factors
turnover
littoral zone
eutrophic lake
tropical forest
temperate grassland
alpine tundra
Chapter 51
behavioral ecology
fixed action pattern
communication
foraging behavior
polygyny
altruism
proximate causes
imprinting
signal
mating behavior
polyandry
ultimate cause
kinesis
pheromones
monogamy
agonistic behavior
ethology
migration
learning
polygamy
game theory
population
mark-recapture
deaths
territoriality
type II
iteroparity
carrying capacity
density dependent
infant mortality
density
immigration
clumped
life tables
type III
zero growth
r-selected species
population cycles
life expectancy
dispersion
emigration
uniform
survivorship curves
life history
exponential growth
K-selected species
human population
ecological footprint
demography
births
random
type I
semelparity
logistic growth
density independent
age structure
Chapter 53
community
niche
aposematic color
parasitism
species diversity
food web
invasive species
human disturbance
biodiversity
species interactions competition
resource partitioning predation
Batesian mimicry
Mullerian mimicry
mutualism
commensalisms
relative abundance trophic structure
producers
consumers
keystone species
foundation species
ecological succession primary succession
species-area curve island biogeography
Chapter 52
competitive exclusion
cryptic coloration
herbivory
coevolution
food chain
dominant species
disturbance
secondary succession
Chapter 54
ecosystem
tertiary consumers
light limitation
pyramid of biomass
carbon cycle
photosynthesis
biomagnification
ozone depletion
producers
decomposers
nutrient limitation
pyramid of numbers
nitrogen cycle
respiration
climate change
Chapter 55
conservation biology restoration ecology
ecosystem diversity habitat destruction
landscape ecology fragmentation
biophilia
primary consumers
detritivores
trophic efficiency
chemical cycling
phosphorus cycle
combustion
global warming
secondary consumers
primary production
pyramid of energy
water cycle
transpiration
nitrogen fixing bacteria
greenhouse effect
genetic diversity
introduced species
edge
species diversity
overexploitation
corridor