AP Biology

Unit 8 Ecology

7 topics · 99 questions, each explained

1. 8.1 Responses to the Environment 4 ideas · 14 questions

   Behavioral response · Information exchange between organisms · Signal · Fitness

2. 8.2 Energy Flow Through Ecosystems 13 ideas · 31 questions

   Energy use by organisms · Reproductive strategy and energy availability · Population · Energy flow · Reservoir (abiotic and biotic) · Hydrologic (water) cycle · Carbon cycle · Nitrogen fixation · Phosphorus cycle · Energy availability and population size · Ecosystem disruption by energy change · Autotroph · Heterotroph

3. 8.3 Population Ecology 2 ideas · 9 questions

   Population · Adaptation for obtaining and using energy and matter

4. 8.4 Effect of Density on Populations 2 ideas · 8 questions

   Carrying capacity (K) · Density-dependent factor

5. 8.5 Community Ecology 5 ideas · 12 questions

   Species composition · Community · Interactions and access to energy and matter · Positive and negative effects · Competition

6. 8.6 Biodiversity 3 ideas · 9 questions

   Resilience of an ecosystem · Producers · Keystone species

7. 8.7 Disruptions in Ecosystems 6 ideas · 16 questions

   Adaptation · Relative fitness · Random mutation · Invasive species · Human impact on ecosystems · Geological and meteorological events

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