Study Guide
19.1 Hardy-Weinberg Principle
- Understand the terms population, genes, allele, gene pool, genotype frequency, phenotype frequency, allele frequency
- Summarize the five conditions of the Hardy-Weinberg principle
- Use the Hardy-Weinberg equations to calculate allele and genotype frequency of a population
19.2 The Causes of Gene Pool Change
- List and describe what causes a change in the gene pool (mutation, gene flow, non-random mating, genetic drift, the founder effect, the bottleneck effect, natural selection)
20.1 Population Growth
- Define density and distribution
- Calculate population density, population growth rate and per capita growth rate
- Explain biotic potential, carrying capacity
- Compare the characteristics of populations with r-selected and K-selected life strategies, name examples of organism
20.2 Interactions in Ecological Communities
- Describe the difference between intraspecific and interspecific competition
- Describe the relationship between predators and prey (analyze predator and prey population cycle-graph)
- Explain how producers defend themselves against consumers (cryptic coloration-protective coloration, batesian and muellerian mimicry)
- Define symbiosis and explain the difference between mutualism, commensalism and parasitism
- Explain what is succession and distinguish between primary and secondary succession, pioneer and climax community
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20.3 Sharing the Biosphere
- Define sustainability
- Describe the purpose and structure of an age pyramid