WELCOME TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT BIOLOGY
2017-2018
Rationale for Summer Assignment:
- The content required for this course is more than any individual 2 semester entry level college biology course.
- RDHS begins late when compared to schools across the nation taking the same exam in May.
- The topic chosen, ecology is relatively self-explanatory.
- Work is divided up into 3 assignments each with approximately a 4 week timeframe.
- Once the first two assignments are completed students will have the baseline knowledge necessary to complete the third assignment which emphasizes the relevance of this topic in everyday life.
Summer Assignment and Due Dates:
Register for your on-line text at
Title: Campbell Biology in Focus, 1e AP Edition (Urry)
New Student Codes: SSNAST-THUNK-STEYR-DAYAN-RUGBY-LACES
SSNAST-THUNK-STEYR-DAYAN-RUGBY-JOKES
Course ID: DRH2017APBIO
Your class ID is 15527438 and your password is biology.
Assignment #1 due via by 7/20:
Outline/Concept Map:
Chapter 40 Population Ecology and the Distribution of Organisms
Chapter 41(Secs 1 and 2) Species Interactions
Assignment #2 due via by 8/17:
Outline/Concept Map:
Chapter 41(Secs 3-5)Species Interactions
Chapter 42Ecosystems and Energy
Assignment #3: Scavenger Hunt/Digital Scrapbook Project -due September 7, 2017!
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AP Biology Summer Assignment – Scavenger Hunt/Digital Scrapbook
The purpose of this assignment is to allow you to interact with your environment. The topic of your summer reading is ECOLOGY which is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. You are encouraged to take a closer look at your surroundings such as your backyard, parks, bike trails, etc. You are also encouraged to visit botanical gardens, zoos or natural history museums. Please consider using pictures from vacation as well. The beach, a lake, a mountain trail, an island are all ideal places to gather ecological data.
Your job is to create a digital scrapbook using at least 25 items from the list below, approximately 8 from each chapter. Find and take a “selfie” with each item you choose from the list. You should be in the shot. No taking images off the Internet! Write a meaningfulcaptionfor each image. Group images together in order to explain a specific process such as movement of energy through trophic levels or the carbon cycle. Your scrapbook should be organized. Extra points for each image that captures more than one item on the list!!! Project format may be ppt, Prezi, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.
Chp 40:
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organism
Climate
Abiotic factor
Biotic factor
Biome
Tropical forest
Savanna
Desert
Chaparral
Temperate grassland
Coniferous forest
Temperate broadleaf forest
Tundra
Wetlands
Estuaries
Oligotrophic lakes
Eutrophic lakes
Streams
Rivers
Intertidal zone
Coral reef
Dispersal
Population density
K strategists
R strategists
Density dependent factor
Density independent factor
Chp 41:
Competition
Competitive exclusion
Ecological niche
Resource partitioning
Character displacement
Predation cryptic coloration
Aposematic coloration
Batesian mimicry
Mullerian mimicry
Herbivory
Symbiosis
Parasitism
Parasite
Host
Endoparasites
ectoparasites
mutualism
commensalism
facilitation
invasive species
trophic structure
terrestrial food chain
marine food chain
food web
producer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer
dominant species
keystone species
ecosystem engineer
biomanipulation
pathogens
Chp 42:
Ecosystem
Producer
Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Decomposers
Limiting nutrient
Biogeochemical cycle
Precipitation
Evaporation
Evapotranspiration
Runoff
Percolation
Nitrogen fixation
Denitrification
Decomposition
ammonification
Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
Combustion
Assimilation
Bioremediation
Biological augmentation