Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgments
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Part I: Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score
Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations
Your Guide to Using This Book
How to Begin
Part II: Practice Test 1
Practice Test 1
Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations
Part III: About the AP Biology Exam
The Structure of the AP Biology Exam
How the AP Biology Exam Is Scored
Overview of Content Topics
Breakdown of Free Response Questions
How AP Exams Are Used
Other Resources
Designing Your Study Plan
Part IV: Test-Taking Strategies for the AP Biology Exam
Preview
1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions
2 How to Approach Free-Response Questions
3 Using Time Effectively to Maximize Points
Part V: Content Review for the AP Biology Exam
4 Chemistry of Life
Elements
Subatomic Particles
Compounds
Water: The Versatile Molecule
Acids and Bases
Organic Molecules
Key Terms
Chapter 4 Drill
5 Cell Structure and Function
Living Things
Types of Cells and Organelles
Chapter 5 Drill
6 Cellular Energetics
Bioenergetics
Enzymes
Reaction Coupling and ATP
Photosynthesis
The Light Reactions
Cellular Respiration
Chapter 6 Drill
7 Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Cell Communication
Cell Division
The Cell Cycle
Interphase: The Growing Phase
Mitosis: The Dance of the Chromosomes
Chapter 7 Drill
8 Heredity
Haploids Versus Diploids
Gregor Mendel: The Father of Genetics
Mendelian Genetics
Sex-Linked Traits
Environmental Effect on Traits
An Overview of Meiosis
Chapter 8 Drill
9 Gene Expression and Regulation
DNA: The Blueprint of Life
The Molecular Structure of DNA
Genome Structure
DNA Replication
RNA
Mutations
Biotechnology
Chapter 9 Drill
10 Natural Selection
Natural Selection
Common Ancestry
Genetic Variability
Causes of Evolution
Species
Population Genetics
Origins of the Earth
Chapter 10 Drill
11 Ecology
Behavior
How Animals Communicate
Plant Behavior
Ecology
Population Ecology
Ecological Succession
Human Impact on the Environment
Chapter 11 Drill
12 Quantitative Skills and Biostatistics
Summarizing and Presenting Data
Types of Data
Types of Experiments or Questions
Probability
Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 12 Drill
13 Sample Free-Response Questions
Section II: Free-Response
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Essays
How to Use the Sample Free-Response Questions
14 Laboratory
Lab 1: Artificial Selection
Lab 2: Mathematical Modeling: Hardy-Weinberg
Lab 3: Comparing DNA Sequences to Understand Evolutionary Relationships with BLAST
Lab 4: Diffusion and Osmosis
Lab 5: Photosynthesis
Lab 6: Cellular Respiration
Lab 7: Mitosis and Meiosis
Lab 8: Biotechnology: Bacterial Transformation
Lab 9: Biotechnology: Restriction Enzyme Analysis of DNA
Lab 10: Energy Dynamics
Lab 11: Transpiration
Lab 12: Fruit Fly Behavior
Lab 13: Enzyme Activity
15 Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations
AP Biology Equations and Formulas
Part VI: Additional Practice Tests
Practice Test 2
Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 3
Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 4
Practice Test 4: Answers and Explanations