C1 Terms to Cover in your Notebook (in addition to the C1 dbq's)

1. What is a limiting factor?  Give examples of some limiting factors that can affect the distribution of species.
2. Describe how you would use a transect and a quadrat to correlate the distribution of a plant or animal species with an abiotic variable.
3. Explain what is meant by "zone of stress" and "limit of tolerance" and how they impact populations.
4. What is an ecological niche?
5. Outline the competitive exclusion principle.
6. Distinguish between a fundamental ecological niche and a realized ecological niche.
7. Define and give examples of the following types of interspecific interactions:  a)  herbivory   b)  predation  c)  mutualism    d)  commensalism    c)  parasitism
8. Define keystone species and explain its importance.  Give an example of a keystone species and what happens when it is removed.

C1 DBQ's can be found on p. 607, 608, 609, and 610.

All of these should be done in your notebook to get checked off next week.