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Ap Biology Ecology Project

This document outlines an ecology project for AP Biology that is due on April 18th. The project consists of three sub-projects on food chains and energy flow, animal behavior, and symbiosis. Each sub-project has multiple components to complete, including creating a food web and energy pyramid, explaining innate and learned animal behavior, defining types of symbiosis, and answering several free response questions. The project substitutes for the unit on ecology and all work must be shown on a separate sheet and is to be completed individually.

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Ap Biology Ecology Project

This document outlines an ecology project for AP Biology that is due on April 18th. The project consists of three sub-projects on food chains and energy flow, animal behavior, and symbiosis. Each sub-project has multiple components to complete, including creating a food web and energy pyramid, explaining innate and learned animal behavior, defining types of symbiosis, and answering several free response questions. The project substitutes for the unit on ecology and all work must be shown on a separate sheet and is to be completed individually.

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AP Biology Ecology Project - Due 4/18/2019 at the start of 2A/3A

There are three sub-projects within this project. Each sub-project has multiple components. The
completion of this project will substitute for our unit on Ecology.

Project Basics
●This project is individual
●You may use your resources (i.e. Google, your text, your yellow book, Bozeman,
and/or your peers),but be careful to not plagiarize as that would result in a major
infraction (Score of 0 on the assignment + Saturday Suspension)
●You must complete all work on a separate sheet of paper (written or typed is fine).
●The project is due on Thursday, April 18th at the start of 2A/3A

Sub-Project 1:​ ​Food Chain, Trophic Levels, and Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem
1. Select an ecosystem from the list below:
❏ Rainforest
❏ Temperate forest
❏ Coral Reef

2. Discuss or create the following as they relate to your specific ecosystem:


❏ Create a food web AND energy pyramid with at least ten organisms from your
ecosystem. Be sure that your organisms have the correct connections.
❏ Identify terms as “producers,” “consumers,” “autotrophs,” and “heterotrophs” on your
food web AND energy pyramid.
❏ Discuss the importance of producers – what would happen to an ecosystem if you did
not have any producers? Where do producers get their energy? Identify this source
and briefly describe the process (this should be a nice review - hint, hint).
❏ Explain why is there energy loss as you go higher in the food pyramid? Aka, why do
tertiary consumers only retain a small portion of energy that lower trophic levels
consumed?

3. Complete the two FRQs below:


Sub-Project 2: Animal Behavior
(Note: None of these parts can involve humans).

1. Explain the difference between innate and learned behavior. Give examples of these in
animals (Hint:consider circadian rhythms, migration, hunting practices, mating practices,
etc).

2. Watch the TED talk here:


https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_wright_the_evolution_of_compassion​ After watching
the TED talk, discuss what altruism implies for populations and future generations.

3. Complete the FRQ below:


Sub-Project 3: Symbiosis
1. Define symbiosis and the different types of symbiosis below. Come up with examples of
each.
❏ Mutualism
❏ Parasitism
❏ Commensalism

2. Complete the two FRQs below:

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