AP Biology Summer Assignment
1. Read chapters 50-54 and use the following as guidelines to take notes/make
outlines for yourself, these will be checked as a homework grade.
Chapter 50 – Introduction to Ecology
and the Biosphere
- What is the study of ecology?
- What are the levels of ecology
that we study?
- List and describe the abiotic
factors of ecology.
- List the biolmes and their
defining characteristics
Use pgs 1036-1038,
1044-1047 for help
Chapter 51 – Behavioral Biology
- How does behavioral biology
emphasize “Science as a
process”
- Describe animal “learning”
- What is animal cognition
- What does an animals social
behavior have to do with
biology?
Chapter 52 – Population Ecology
- What is the characteristics of
a population?
- Skip Life History Traits and
Population growth models.
-
What are limiting factors and
how do they effect
populations?
Why can the human
population growth not
continue indefinitely?
Chapter 53 – Community Ecology
- How do different species
populations interact with one
another?
- How do communities interact
within themselves?
- What is disturbance within in
community?
- What does biogeography
have to do with community
biology?
Chapter 54 – Ecosystems
- Know what a trophic level is.
- Describe energy flow and how
energy is lost
- What are the biogeochemical
cycles and describe them?
- How do we (humans) impact
ecosystems?
2. Create a food web diagram to depict the energy flow through an ecosystem.
This can be on construction paper or on a computer printout. (homework grade)
3. There will be a 25-question quiz when we return that first week of school.
This is all very necessary so we can keep on tract for the remainder of the school
year. We will be doing our first quiz, lab and test all within the first two weeks we
are back!
My website is www.svetz-wiki.wikispaces.com Please check it, as I will be
updating it over the summer for tips and possibly a group discussion page. I am
very interactive and can be reached through the wiki and/or my email
svetz@wboe.org .
Enjoy your summer and remember, a little at a time and this won’t be bad at all!!
Peace, love and Biology! -Svetz