Period+2+GR+52


 * AP Biology**
 * Chapter 52 Guided Reading**

1. Define the following terms: a. Population

b. Density

c. Dispersion

d. Mark-recapture method

e. Immigration

f. Emigration

g. Territoriality

2. What are the three patterns of dispersion and what conclusions can you draw from these patterns?

3. Define the following terms: a. Demography

b. Life tables

c. Survivorship curves

d. Reproductive table

e. Life history

4. Use the diagram below – label the three different survivorship curves – give an example of an animal that fits the curve and an explanation of why they fit the curve.

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. Compare and contrast semelparity and iteroparity – give advantages of each as they apply to an example organism – focus on the adaptive benefit of the life history. Are there any disadvantages? This is a core concept.

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. What is zero population growth?

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">7. What is exponential population growth? What kind of graph would you expect to see?

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">8. Read section 52.4 slowly – we are not focusing on all of the math but the concepts – explain the logistical population growth model. Studying the graph below – what does it tell you and why? How does “K” fit in to all of this?

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">9. Compare and contrast r and k selection – this is a key concept – do some additional research and try to come up with at lease six points of comparison.

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">10. What is the difference between density-dependent and density-independent factors as a general term?

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">11. What generalizations can be made by the graphs below?

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">12. Describe six density-dependent factors in population regulation.

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">13. What is population dynamics?

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">14. Describe human population growth after studying figures 52.22 and 52.23.

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">15. What kinds of information do age structure pyramids provide and what inferences can be made from these?

<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">16. How can an ecological footprint be useful?