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Unit and Chapter pages- There are 10 total units, starting with Unit 0. Each consists of 2-3 chapters.
Each unit page should have sub-links to chapters (Ex: APES>Unit 0 >>Chapter 1)
Each chapter page should include
CHAPTER SUMMARY: This brief summary/reflection should be more than 5 sentences, less than 10, in your own words. Focus on what you took away from the chapter’s big ideas/concepts.
LINK TO TEXT: A link to the chapter pdf
CHAPTER FOLDER: A private link to your chapter subfolder (carefully set these permissions so that only you and Ms. Stewart have access to the folder and docs!). In this folder, you should have your:
chapter outline (Follow Chapter Outline Guidelines)
chapter vocabulary (optional, but helpful!)
chapter review questions (optional, but helpful!)
labs or activities from the chapter.
Useful Media: Videos, articles, etc.
Study Artifacts: Links to any study materials that you found helpful when preparing for the chapter test.
Chapter Summary
Chapter Summary
The location of any given ecosystem are highly dependent on the climate that exists in that location on Earth. Each ecosystem is divided by different boundaries, including biotic and abiotic. Each ecosystem interacts with surrounding ecosystems through the exchange for energy and matter. The combination of all ecosystems on Earth form the biosphere. In these ecosystems, individuals interact and compete for resources. Competition among animals is common in ecosystems, leading to scarce resources. One of the most dramatic species interactions occurs between predators and prey. Interactions between species are important for survival of individuals. Natural selection will favor certain individuals of a species. Species are often not defended when a new species is introduced to a region nowhere it can act as a predator, parasitoid, parasite, or competitor.
Chapter 1 notes and vocabulary
Chapter 1 notes and vocabulary
Community ecology: The study of interactions among species.
Symbiosis: Two species living in a close and long-term association with one another in an ecosystem.
Biosphere: The region of our planet where life resides. Combination of all ecosystems on Earth.
Competition: The struggle of individuals, either within or between species, to obtain a shared limited resource.
Competitive exclusion principle: The principle stating that two species competing for the same limiting resource cannot coexist.
Resource partitioning: When two species evolve to divide a resource based on differences in their behavior and morphology.
Predation: An interaction in which one animal typically kills and consumes another animal.
Parasitoid: A specialized type of predator that lays eggs inside other organisms - referred to as its host.
Parasitism: An interaction in which one organism lives on or in another organism - referred to as the host.
Pathogen: A parasite that causes disease in its host.
Herbivory: An interaction in which an animal consumes plants or algae.
Mutualism: An interaction between two specimen that increases the chances of survival or reproduction for both species.
Photosynthesis: The process by which plants and algae use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.
Commensalism: An interaction between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither harmed nor helped.
Native species: A species that lives in its historical range, typically where it has lived for thousands or millions of years.
Exotic species: A species living outside its historical range. Also known as alien species.
Invasive species: A species that spreads rapidly across large areas and causes harm.
Useful Media and study artifacts
Useful Media and study artifacts
https://quizlet.com/8559879/apes-chapter-1-review-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/230855381/ap-environmental-science-review-guide-unit-1-test-flash-cards/
Link to folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15bLR6wM7yh0PLS8t-E-h_c9AoB3X1QOu
Vocab doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LQAmhTeyFNV21fntse5rRVsVhKW-X7yZKe-slNOwBEw/edit?tab=t.0
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