APES Vocabulary Notecards
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Instructions:
For each of the words listed, you must create a vocabulary notecard (flashcard) that includes: FRONT: Vocabulary word or term with a HAND Drawn picture or diagram that represents that term (must be at least 3 colors) BACK: Definition and Example of how/why/when term is used |
Week #1 Terms:
Sustainability
Ecological Footprint
Precautionary Principle
Planned & Perceived Obsolescence
Innerconnectivity
Positive Feedback
Externalized Costs
Biogeochemical Cycling
Sustainability
Ecological Footprint
Precautionary Principle
Planned & Perceived Obsolescence
Innerconnectivity
Positive Feedback
Externalized Costs
Biogeochemical Cycling
Week #2 Terms:
Experimental Design
Experimental Group
Control Group
Hypothesis
Theory
Variables
Ecosystem Services
Controlled Experiment
Natural Experiment
Renewable versus Non-renewable Resources
Experimental Design
Experimental Group
Control Group
Hypothesis
Theory
Variables
Ecosystem Services
Controlled Experiment
Natural Experiment
Renewable versus Non-renewable Resources
Week #3 Terms:
Watershed
Hypoxia/Dead Zones (one card)
Emergent Properties
Homeostasis/Equilibrium
Primary Productivity
Estuary
Reservoir
Residence Time
Source/Sink
Flux
Watershed
Hypoxia/Dead Zones (one card)
Emergent Properties
Homeostasis/Equilibrium
Primary Productivity
Estuary
Reservoir
Residence Time
Source/Sink
Flux
Week #4 Terms
Nitrogen Fixation
Ammonification
Nitrification
Denitrification
Assimilation
Dissolved Oxygen
Biologic Oxygen Demand
Factors that influence Climate
Watershed
Aquifer
Week #5- Unit #3 Terms
Invasive Species
Predation
Parasitism
Herbivory
Mutualism
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Fundamental versus Realized Niche
Resource Partitioning
Character Displacement
Mimicry
Predation
Parasitism
Herbivory
Mutualism
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Fundamental versus Realized Niche
Resource Partitioning
Character Displacement
Mimicry
Week #6- Unit # 3 Terms
Amensalism
Symbiosis
Natural Selection
Population
Community
Speciation
Convergent Evolution
Divergent Evolution
Specialists
Generalists
Population Distribution
Symbiosis
Natural Selection
Population
Community
Speciation
Convergent Evolution
Divergent Evolution
Specialists
Generalists
Population Distribution
Week #7- Unit #4 Terms
Keystone Species
Endemic/Native Species
Trophic Cascade
Carrying Capacity
Habitat fragmentation
endangered versus threatened species
biodiversity hotspots
umbrella species
poaching/overharvesting
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
ESA (Endangered Species Act)
Endemic/Native Species
Trophic Cascade
Carrying Capacity
Habitat fragmentation
endangered versus threatened species
biodiversity hotspots
umbrella species
poaching/overharvesting
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
ESA (Endangered Species Act)
Week #8- Unit #6 Terms
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Total Fertility Rate
Doubling Time (Know Equation)
Life Expectancy
Logistic Growth Curve (S Curve)
Exponential Growth Curve (J Curve)
Age Structure Pyramid
Demographic Transition- Know Stages!
Crude Death Rate
Total Fertility Rate
Doubling Time (Know Equation)
Life Expectancy
Logistic Growth Curve (S Curve)
Exponential Growth Curve (J Curve)
Age Structure Pyramid
Demographic Transition- Know Stages!
Week #9- Unit #6 Terms
Week #10- Unit #5 Terms (see Thanksgiving Break Assignment)
Environmental History, Events and Acts
Environmental History, Events and Acts
Week #11/12- Unit #6 Terms
(See Dirty Dozen)
Front: Name of Chemical (Chemical Symbol), Picture that Represents Chemical
Back: Where Found, Human and Environmental Health Effects, Alternatives
(See Dirty Dozen)
Front: Name of Chemical (Chemical Symbol), Picture that Represents Chemical
Back: Where Found, Human and Environmental Health Effects, Alternatives