Cracking the AP Biology Exam

Cracking the AP Biology Exam

1 Orientation

2 The Chemistry of Life

ELEMENTS

THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF LIFE

SUBATOMIC PARTICLES

COMPOUNDS

WATER: THE VERSATILE MOLECULE

THE ACID TEST

ORGANIC MOLECULES

  CARBOHYDRATES

  PROTEINS

  LIPIDS

  NUCLEIC ACIDS

THE HETEROTROPH HYPOTHESIS

QUIZ

3 Cells

LIVING THINGS

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CELLS?

  ORGANELLES

  PLANT CELLS VERSUS ANIMAL CELLS

  CELL JUNCTIONS

QUIZ

4 Cellular Energetics

BIOENERGETICS

ENZYMES

TYPES OF REACTIONS

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)

AEROBIC RESPIRATION

CHEMIOSMOSIS

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION

QUIZ

5 Photosynthesis

THE ANATOMY OF A LEAF

A CLOSER LOOK AT PHOTOSYNTHESIS

QUIZ

6 Molecular Genetics

DNA: THE BLUEPRINT OF LIFE

THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DNA

WHY DNA IS IMPORTANT

DNA REPLICATION

RNA

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

MUTATIONS

RECOMBINANT DNA

BIOTECHNOLOGY

QUIZ

7 Cell Reproduction

CELL DIVISION

THE CELL CYCLE

MITOSIS: THE DANCE OF THE CHROMOSOMES

HAPLOIDS VERSUS DIPLOIDS

AN OVERVIEW OF MEIOSIS

A CLOSER LOOK AT MEIOSIS

QUIZ

8 Heredity

GREGOR MENDEL: THE FATHER OF GENETICS

MENDELIAN GENETICS

BEYOND MENDELIAN GENETICS

SEX-LINKED TRAITS

QUIZ

9 Diversity of Organisms

TAXONOMY

HOW CLASSIFICATION WORKS

I. KINGDOM ARCHAEBACTERIA

II. KINGDOM EUBACTERIA

III. KINGDOM PROTISTA

IV. KINGDOM FUNGI

V. KINGDOM PLANTAE

VI. KINGDOM ANIMALIA

VIRUSES

QUIZ

10 Plants

PLANT CLASSIFICATION

LIFE CYCLE OF PLANTS

PLANT GROWTH

SPECIAL STRUCTURES IN PLANTS

TROPICAL TROPISMS

QUIZ

11 Animal Structure and Function

I. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

II. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

III. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

IV. THE LYMPHATIC AND IMMUNE SYSTEM

V. THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM

VI. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

VII. THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

VIII. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

IX. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

12 Evolution

NATURAL SELECTION

GENETIC VARIABILITY

CAUSES OF EVOLUTION

SPECIES

POPULATION GENETICS

QUIZ

13 Animal Behavior and Ecology

BEHAVIOR

INSTINCTS

ECOLOGY

POPULATION ECOLOGY

HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

QUIZ

14 The Free-Response Questions

THE ESSAYS

GRADING CHECKLIST

SAMPLE ESSAYS

HOW TO USE OUR PRACTICE ESSAYS

SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

15 Laboratory

LAB 1: DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS

LAB 2: ENZYME CATALYSIS

LAB 3: MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS

LAB 4: PLANT PIGMENTS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS

LAB 5: CELL RESPIRATION

LAB 6: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

LAB 7: GENETICS OF ORGANISMS

LAB 8: POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

LAB 9: TRANSPIRATION

LAB 10: PHYSIOLOGY AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

LAB 11: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

LAB 12: DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND AQUATIC PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY

16 Answers and Explanations to the Chapter Quizzes

17 The Princeton Review AP Biology Practice Test 1

18 Answers and Explanations to Practice Test 1

19 The Princeton Review AP Biology Practice Test 2

20 Answers and Explanations to Practice Test 2