AP Biology Summer Vocab Flashcards

14368969354	abiotic factor	a non-living component of the environment ex: climate, soil, sunlight	0
14368984746	biotic factor	living components of an ecosystem ex: plants, micro-organisms, predators	1
14368999079	resource	a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction ex (plants): sunlight, water, nutrients, space to grow ex (animals): food, water, territory	2
14369021244	rain shadow	dry area on the downwind side of a mountain	3
14369049400	disturbance	a temporary event that changes a community and alters resource availability ex: storm, fire, flood, tree cutting	4
14369076800	terrestrial biome	an area of land with a similar climate that includes similar communities of plants and animals	5
14369147988	aquatic biome	includes all aquatic ecosystems on the earth's surface either in a freshwater or marine biome	6
14369164006	dispersion patterns	Uniform Dispersion pattern: individuals are evenly spaced Clumped Dispersion pattern: individuals are clustered together Random Dispersion pattern: individuals are randomly arranged	7
14369192335	competition	the struggle between organisms or species for the same resource within an environment	8
14369209103	niche	the role or position a species or organism has in its environment; includes all of its interaction with the biotic and abiotic factor in the environment	9
14369269134	cryptic coloration	type of coloration or marking of an animal that aids in camouflaging in its natural environment ex: stripes on a zebra or tiger or spots on a frog	10
14369300323	aposematic coloration	conspicuously recognizable markings of an animal that are to warn potential predators of the nuisance or harm that would come from attacking or eating it	11
14369362693	batesian mimicry	a harmless species mimics a harmful one	12
14369373790	parasitism	A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed	13
14369376799	mutualism	A relationship between two species in which both species benefit	14
14369380006	commensalism	A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected	15
14369492727	invasive species	plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native	16
14369497936	keystone species	A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem	17
14369648640	primary succession	occurs in lifeless areas; regions where the soil is incapable of sustaining life	18
14369668295	secondary succession	a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species	19
14369709669	disease vector	any agent (person, animal, or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism	20
14369714419	food chain	a hierarchical series of organisms on the next as a source of food	21
14369737531	primary producers	organisms that can synthesize their own food	22
14369751164	primary consumer	organisms that only feed on plants	23
14369754880	tertiary consumer	organism that eats both producers and consumers; omnivores	24
14369785937	decomposers	organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms	25
14369848409	biodiversity	variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem	26
14369856317	habitat loss	the process where natural habitat is changed or destroyed, making it unable for species that live there to remain in the habitat	27
14369863938	habitat fragmentation	Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces, usually as a result of human activities.	28
14369889592	secondary consumer	organisms that eat primary consumers	29