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1 APES Chapter 1 (name) Forests & Water (date) Easter Island 1722 condition AD 400 condition cause of change Water Cycle include watershed, transpiration, groundwater, water table Tree Functions Trees & Easter Island Easter Island & Earth Analogy
2 APES Chapter 2 More Cycles Hydrologic Cycle Oxygen Cycle oxygen origin cyanobacteria respiration producers consumers Abioitic vs Biotic.spheres Feedback Loops Homeostasis Macro vs Micronutrients Biogeochemical cycling Nitrogen Cycle Carbon Cycle sequestered Phosphorus Cycle
3 APES Chapter 3 Evolving Systems Struggling Individuals System vs Individual Evolution selective advantage differntial reprod Species Defintion Speciation Allo vs Symp Population Population Dynamics biotic potential environ resistance extrinsic vs intrinsic Reproductive Strat r - selection K- selection Pop pattern graphs Diversity Genetic Species Ecological
4 APES Chapter 4 Communities Wet Ocean Info Net Primary Prod NPP vs GPP Euphotic Zone phytoplankton zooplankton Bathyl Zone Abyssal Zone Coastal Zone coral reefs coastal wetlands mangrove swamps Streams Lakes Inland Wetlands
5 APES Chapter 5.and Dry Biomes Info Tundra Boreal Forest Temp Deciduous For Grassland Deserts Tropical Rainforest Tropical Grassland Ecotone Edge Effect Ecological Succession Primary Succession Secondary Suc. Ecological Stability inertia constancy resilience
6 APES Chapter 6 Let s Eat! Energy chemical heat flow 1 st Law of Thermo Sun Photosynthesis solar chemical Chemosynthesis 2 nd Law of Thermo Ecological Efficiency 1 st Trophic Level 2 nd Trophic Level 3 rd Trophic Level Niche Competition Interactions symbiosis commensalism mutualism parasitism predation
7 APES Chapter 7 From Hunting to Planting Hunter-Gatherers Agriculture Animal Domestication Corn Farming Soil management nutrients interplanting erosion terracing Sumer & Salt Mexican Phosphorus Salt & De-Nile
8 APES Chapter 8 What Limiting Factors? Agriculture & Class Exponential Growth doubling time carrying capacity J-curve S-curve Malthus War Famine Pestilence plague typhus vector influenza DevelopED World vs DevlopING World Population
9 APES Chapter 9 Bye, Bye, Biome! Global Species Islands Commercial Hunting & Fishing Keystone Species Competitive Exclusion Endangered Species Threatened Species Indicator Species
10 APES Chapter 10 Energy Webs Energy heat work biomass mechanical energy Steam Engine Fossil Fuels Industrial Revolution Efficiency Electricity Energy Consumption Input/Output/Waste Nuclear Solar Hydroelectric Wind Biomass Geothermal
11 APES Chapter 11 Let s Eat Again! Agricultural Practices shifting cult nomadic herders traditional intensive industrial agriculture GNP GNP per capita Global Wealth Cash crops Green Revolution biodiversity human population forests Fishing
12 APES Chapter 12 Bright Lights, Big City Cities Transportation Infrastructure water electricity natural gas Solid Waste Sanitary Landfill Incineration Recycling Source Reduction Liquid Waste Waste Water Treatment Plants Wetlands
13 APES Chapter 13 Pollution 3 reasons DDT Rachel Carson EPA (1972) toxic hazardous carcinogens Risk/Cost Benefit Analysis Air Pollution Clean Air Act Catalytic Converters Acid Rain Ozone Depletion CFCs UV chlorine skin cancer Global Warming carbon dioxide greenhouse effect sea level temp fossil fuels
14 APES Chapter 14 Earth Island Tragedy of the Commons Sustainability
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