APES UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
2015-2016
(Students will be able to…)
Tragedy of the Commons
 Define and describe the concept of Tragedy of the Commons
 Explain how Tragedy of the Commons effects the individual as well as the group
 Provide sufficient past and current examples that optimizes Tragedy of the
Commons
 Relate Tragedy of the Commons to class readings and discussions
 Pose clear, concise, and specific solutions to the TotC problem
Ecology
 Define and describe the process of evolution
 Explain how natural selection, speciation, and tolerance limits have influenced
biodiversity
 Describe the dynamics in which species live and interact with one another
 Define and describe the importance of Keystone Species
 Explain how primary productivity relates to species diversity, complexity, and
abundance
 Describe the effects of effects of non-native species on communities
 Analyze what makes a ecological community ‘healthy’
 Identify and define how succession leads to complex communities
 Support all claims with relevant examples
Climate
 Define and describe the relationship between climate and biome distribution
 Relate specific climate events/mechanisms to biome characteristics.
Biomes
 Identify and describe major variables that effect terrestrial biome geography
 Identify and describe major variables that effect aquatic biome geography
 Compare and contrast major terrestrial and aquatic characteristics
 Describe and support with examples how limiting abiotic factors influence biotic
adaptations
 Evaluate the negative and positive impacts humans have on terrestrial/aquatic
biomes and provide examples
 Justify the value of aquatic biomes through provided ecological and economic
services
 Identify and describe where biomes are located around the globe
 Compare and contrast biome NPP variations
 Identify and describe the major characteristics that define a biome
**** Key terms on back****
KEY TERMS
Barrier Islands
Benthic
Biomes
Bogs
Boreal Forest
Chaparral
Cloud Forrest
Coniferous
Coral reefs
Deciduous
Deserts
Estuaries
Fens
Grasslands
Mangroves
Marshes
Pelagic
Phytoplankton
Reefs
Savanna
Swamps
Taiga
Temperate Rainforest
Thermocline
Tropical rainforest
Tropical seasonal forests
Tundra
Vertical zonation
Wetlands
Abundance
Allopatric speciation
Batesian mimicry
Climax community
Coevolution
Commensalism
Complexity
Disclimax community
Diversity
Ecological development
Ecological niche
Ecotones
Edge effects
Environmental indicators
Equilibrium communities
Evolution
Fire-climax communities
Habitat
Interspecific competition
Instraspecific competition
Keystone species
Mullerian mimicry
Mutations
Mutualism
Natural selection
Parasites
Pathogens
Pioneer species
Plankton
Predator
Primary productivity
Primary succession
Radiative evolution
Reproductive Isolation
Resource Partitioning
Secondary Succession
Symbiosis
Sympatric speciation
Territoriality
Tolerance limits
NPP
Tragedy of the Commons
Desert
Abiotic
Biotic
Biome
Climate
Negative Externality
Climatogram
Taiga
Boreal Forest
Grassland
TAC
Food Web
Anthropomorphic
Latitudinal
Longitudinal
Albedo
Coriolis Effect
Convection cells
Ocean conveyer belt
Upwelling
Gyers
El Niño
La Niña
Rain shadow effect
Limiting factors
Biodiversity
Littoral Zone
Limnetic Zone
Riparian Zone
Cultural
Natural Eutrophication
Cultural Eutrophication
Oligotrophic
Mesotrophic
Eutrophic
Ecological service
Economic service
Intertidal zone
Abyssal Zone
Bathyal Zone
Euphotic Zone