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AP Bio - Unit 2 Chapter 50-55 Exam | Questions And Answers Latest {2024- 2025} A+Graded | 100% Verified
Ecology - The study of the interactions between organisms and the environment
Abiotic Components - Non-living components of an ecosystem including temperature, light, and wind
Biotic Components - Living Components of an ecosystem (including other organisms)
Biogeography - Study of biology based on the makeup of the land, including past and present
distribution of organisms in the biosphere
Dispersion - Pattern of spacing, limited by geography: random, clumped, uniform
Climate - Weather conditions in an area including temp, water, light, and wind. Also include latitudinal
and seasonal variations in sunlight
Behavioral Ecology - Observations of animal behavior, how it's controlled, developed, evolves, and
impacts reproduction
Behavior - Everything an animal does and how it's done
Proximate Questions - Behavior focused, triggers underlying physiological, genetic, and anatomical
mechanisms of behavior
Ultimate Questions - Evolutionary significance of behavior
Ethology - Study of how animals behave, especially in natural environments
Fixed Action Pattern - Sequence of unlearned, innate behaviors triggered by sign stimulus
, Imprinting - Behavior that includes learning and innate components and is generally irreversible
Kinesis - Change in activity or turning rate in response to stiumulus
Taxis - Automatic, oriented movement towards (positive) or away from (negative) a stimulus
Pheromones - Odors emit chemical substances, many animals communicate this way
Habituation - Loss of responsiveness to stimuli that conveys little to no information
Associative Learning - Associating 1 feature of environment with another
Classical Conditionaing - Arbitrary stimulus is associated with a reward or punishment
Ex: Pavlov's dogs
Operant Conditioning - Animal associates their behavior with reward or punishment
Ex: skinner's box experiment -- lever = food and the other = electric shock
Promiscuous - Mating with out strong pairing or lasting relationships
Monogamous - 1 male with 1 female, longer relationship
Polygamous - Many with 1
Polygyny - 1 male with many females
Polyandry - 1 female with many males
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