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AP Biology Name ____________________________ Summer 2019 Assignment
1) Read Chapters 52-56 of Campbell Biology 11 th^ edition and Answer the Guided Reading Questions as you read.
2) On a separate paper, complete all the concept checks after each chapter section for all Five Chapters, except questions that refer to previous chapters. (DO NOT ANSWER 52.1 #4, 52.3 #3, 53.1#3, 53.3.#3, 54.1#3, 55.2#4)
For each chapter or group of chapters, there will also be a short open note “assessment” e-mailed to you and posted on the classweb site which must be completed by the due dates (see the schedule below). This assessment will be sent/posted one week prior to the due date
I am available to answer any questions via e-mail and will try to reply within 24 hrs.
Chapter 52 June 17th^ - July 3rd^ Assessment due by July 3rd
Chapter 53 July 5th^ - July 22nd^ Assessment due by July 22nd
Chapter 54 July 23rd^ - August 9th^ Assessment due by August 9th
Chapter 55 and 56 August 10th^ – August 28th^ Assessment due by August 28th
The assignment will be collected on the first day of class.
We will have a test on this material on the second day of class. A one 8.5”x11” page of notes will be allowed for the test.
Guided Reading Textbook: Campbell Biology 11 th^ edition
Chapter 52 Introduction to Ecology_ Guided Reading
- Define Ecology. Give an example of something an Ecologist might study.
- What do the following subfields of ecology study? a. Organismal ecology
b. Population ecology – include the definition of population
c. Community ecology – include the definition of community
d. Ecosystem ecology – include the definition of ecosystem
e. Landscape ecology-include the definition of landscape
f. Global ecology-include the definition of biosphere
- Why is it important for a biologist to know about the Earth’s climate?
- What are two main factor’s that create the variations in the Earth’s climates?
- What is a microclimate? Make sure to explain the difference between macroclimate and microclimate in your answer. Give an example of a microclimate.
- Define the following terms: a. Abiotic
b. Biotic
- What is Global climate change? What are some of the ways the climate is changing?
- What changes occurred since the last ice age and how did that affect organisms?
- Give a specific example of a recent climate change and it’s effects.
- What two factors control the distribution of terrestrial biomes? (Define Biome and disturbance)
- How does temperature and precipitation impact the distribution of terrestrial biomes? Use figure 52.10 to answer this question. This is a core concept.
- Describe the following terrestrial biomes – write enough to use this guided reading as a study guide for the test. (alternatively complete the Table as a summary). You may need outside sources to complete (use the internet or outside texts)
a. Tropical forest i. evergreen tropical forest
ii. deciduous tropical forest
iii. tropical savanna
h. Tundra
BIOME Seasons Temperature and Rain Fall (cm/year)
Dominant Plants
(Flora)
Dominant Animals
(Fauna)
Tundra
(tropical alpine tundra like Mt. Kenya have no permafrost)
winter very cold
summer short and cool
-20°C-5°C
little precipitation but can be wet b/c water does not drain (permafrost)
23 cm
Perennial herbs
Small Shrubs
mostly migratory birds
Insects in the summer
Coniferous or Boreal Forest
Tiaga
(N. Canada, Russia)
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
(N.E. USA, E. Asia and Europe)
Grassland
(Great Plains, Argentine Pampas,
African sveldt)
Cold Dessert
(Part of Patagonia and Northern S.E. Asia, Tibet etc)
Hot Dessert
(N. Africa, Middle East, Central Australia, S.W. USA)
Chaparral
(Mediterranean, Coastal Australia, N. California)
Thorn Dessert
(Central Africa, Brazil, and N. India) and
Tropical Deciduous Forrest
(S. East Asia,
coastal Brazil, Central America)
Tropical Evergreen Forrest
(equatorial regions)
- Define thermocline and describe how it’s created.
- What is turnover? When and why does it occur? Why is it important
- Use the following Table to summarize the main characteristics of Aquatic Biomes (Fig. 52.14.
Biome Physical Environment
Chemical Environment
Geologic Features
Organisms Human impact
Lakes
Wetlands
Streams and Rivers
Estuaries
Intertidal Zones
Ocean Pelagic Zone
Coral Reefs
Marine Benthic Zone
- What factors affect the distribution of species? Give a specific example.
- Define adaptive radiation and it’s relationship to the distribution of species. Give a specific example.
- What is dispersal? How does it affect distribution. Give an example.
AP Biology Chapter 53- Population Ecology_ Guided Reading
- Define the following terms: a. Population
b. Density
c. Dispersion
d. Mark-recapture method
e. Immigration.
f. Emigration
- Use Figure 53.2 to describe the mark and recapture method and the equations used.
- What are the main patterns of dispersion with a population’s geographic range? What clues do these provide to population ecologists?
- Define the following terms: a. Demography
b. Life tables
c. Cohort
d. Survivorship curves
e. Reproductive rates (explain the effects on population size)
- Use the diagram below – label the three different survivorship curves – give an example of other organisms that fit each curve and an explanation of why they fit the curve.
- Read section 53.3 slowly – we are not focusing on all of the math but the concepts – explain the graph below – what does it tell you and why? How does “K” fit in to all of this?
- What is a life history?
- Define and give a specific example for each term a. Semelparity
b. Heroparity
- Explain the concept of trade offs in life histories and how it affects populations. Give an example.
- Compare and contrast r and K selection – this is a key concept.
- What is the difference between density-dependent and density-independent factors as a general term?
- What generalizations can be made by the graphs below? Explain why population densities change (stops growing).
- Describe the two scenarios that lead to population stability (zero population growth).
- What is demographic transition? Give a specific example.
- Describe the relationship between industrialization and population growth.
- What is age structure and why does it affect population growth?
- What kinds of information do age structure pyramids provide (Fig. 53.24) and what inferences can be made from these?
- Why is it important to estimate the earth’s human carrying capacity? Explain the ways scientists have tried to estimate this.
- Define ecological footprint. Explain why is it useful when thinking about the human population size.
- What personal responsibility does each individual have in our own species survival?
Chapter 54_ Community Ecology_ Guided Reading
- Describe how community interactions are classified. List the six interspecific interactions.
- How does competition affect species within a community? Give an example.
- Use an example to explain what is meant by competitive exclusion.
- What is an ecological niche?
- Define resource partitioning and explain how this relates to competitive exclusion.
- Compare and contrast a fundamental niche and a realized niche.
