ap biology vocabulary for winter break assignment Study Guide Graded A
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ap biology vocabulary for winter break assignment- 01/06/2023 Study Guide Graded A+
what is a behavior?
what is a pheromone?
what is imprinting?
what is altruism?
what is kin selection?
what is ecology?
what is biotic factors?
what is an abiotic factor?
what is a macroclimate?
what is a m...
ap biology vocabulary for winter break
assignment- 01/06/2023 Study Guide Graded A+
1). What is a behavior?
Ans: an action carried out by muscles or glands under control of the nervous system in
response to stimulus
2). What is a pheromone?
Ans: chemical substance odor emitted that animals use to communicate
3). What is imprinting?
Ans: the formation at a specific stage in line of a long-lasting behavioral response to a
particular individual or object
4). What is altruism?
Ans: some animals behave in ways that reduce their individual fitness but increase the
fitness of other individuals
5). What is kin selection?
Ans: natural selection that favors altruistic behavior by enhancing reproductive
success of relatives
6). What is ecology?
Ans: scientific study of the interactions between organisms environment
7). What is biotic factors?
Ans: living
8). What is an abiotic factor?
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, Ans: non-living
9). What is a macroclimate?
Ans: patterns on the global, regional, and landscape level
10). What is a microclimate?
Ans: very fun patterns, such as those encountered by the community by organisms that
live beneath fallen log
11). What is a biome?
Ans: major terrestrial or aquatic life zones
12). What is detritus?
Ans: major source of food for many ethic species (dead organic matter)
13). What is population?
Ans: group of individuals of a single species living on the same general area
14). What is density?
Ans: the number of individuals per unit area or volume
15). What is dispersion?
Ans: pattern of spacing among individuals within boundaries of population
16). What is immigration?
Ans: influx of new individuals from other areas
17). What is emigration?
Ans: movement of individuals out of population
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