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AP Summer Assignment 2014-15
Ms. Migneron email: [email protected]
Text: Campbell Biology in Focus, AP Edition. By: Urry, Cain, Wasserman et al.
Pearson Publishing.
You need a Composition book or the like. It will be your Ecology Notebook. This
notebook will be for biology use only.
Write out the terms and complete all assignments in your Ecology Notebook. All
work must be hand written. Cite all sources.
Please do the assignments in order in your notebook. Your ecology notebook is
Due: Monday August 11, 2014
A. (20 points) Terms to know: Ecology, population, exponential growth, carrying
capacity, population dynamics, density independent factors, density dependent
factors, non-renewable resources, and renewable resources. Use an academic
online source from a university or school or Online Dictionaries, such as merriamwebster.com. No Wikipedia.
Assignment: Give specific detailed answers. All answers must be written in
complete sentences.
Visit the website below and complete questions and assignments.
http://mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/html/tour1.html
Section 1: Arrival
1. What is the location of Easter Island?
2. What was the original island habitat like when the First Islanders arrived?
3. Who did the most damage historically to the island?
4. What did the First Islanders use to build houses and boats?
Section 4: The Conflict
1. What did the island look like when westerners arrived?
2. What consequences did the First Islanders face from the deforestation they
caused?
3. What was the original population estimate before the collapse and what was the
population estimate after the collapse?
Section 6: Lesson from the Past
1. Find another population/civilization that has caused negative environmental
impacts. Give a brief description of how and what they did to cause the problem
and the end result.
B. (20 points) Terms to know: Predation, Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism,
food chain, food web, invasive species, keystone species, and ecological
succession. Use an academic online source from a university or school or Online
Dictionaries, such as merriam-webster.com. No Wikipedia.
Assignment: Give specific detailed answers. All answers must be written in
complete sentences. Cite all sources.
1. Find and Give a real life example of parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism
in nature.
2. Visit: http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm. Create a Food Web, Be
sure to print or take a picture and include it in your notebook.
If your last name starts with A-G complete the Australian Grassland web. H-M
complete the African Grassland web. N-S complete Antarctic web. T-Z complete
the Marie web.
3. Find and give an example of a Keystone Species in nature.
C. (15 points) Terms to Know: Trophic Level, primary producer, primary
consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, water cycle, nitrogen cycle,
phosphorous cycle, carbon cycle, and bioremediation. Use an academic online
source from a university or school or Online Dictionaries, such as merriamwebster.com. No Wikipedia.
Assignment: Give specific detailed answers. All answers must be written in
complete sentences. Cite all sources.
1. Create a Trophic Level Pyramid for your food web.
D. (10 points) Terms to Know: Conservation biology, endangered species,
fragmentation of habitats, overharvesting, extinction vortex, biodiversity hotspot,
biological magnification, greenhouse effect, ecological footprint, and sustainable
development. Use an academic online source from a university or school or Online
Dictionaries, such as merriam-webster.com. No Wikipedia.
Assignment: Give specific detailed answers. All answers must be written in
complete sentences. Cite all sources.
Summer Assignment Total: 65 Points