AP BIOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW:
THE FIRST UNIT OF AP BIOLOGY COVERS THE CHEMISTRY ASPECT OF BIOLOGY, AND HOW
THAT INFLUENCES BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES THAT WE WILL COVER IN FUTURE UNITS.
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A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
 POLARITY – BASICALLY THE CHARGE ON IT AND THE DETERMING ABILITY OF IT TO
READILY MOVE ACROSS THE MEMBRANE.
 BONDS – THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO THINGS
 WATER – H20, A UNIVERSAL SOLVENT, PARTIALLY POSITIVE CHARGED, POLAR,
HIGH HEAT CAPACITY, COHESION, ADHESION, CAPILLARY ACTION
THE SECOND UNIT IS ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF ORGANELLES AND HOW
THEY FUNCTION WITHIN THE CELL
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A FEW THINGS TO KNOW:
 EUKARYOTIC – MULTICELLULAR AND CONTAIN ORGANELLES, CONTAINS DNA
WITHIN THE NUCLEUS
 PROKARYOTIC – UNICELLULAR AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ORGANELLES, DNA IS IN
THE FORM OF A CIRCULAR SHAPE
 ORGANELLES – SYSTEMS OF WORKING COMPONENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS THAT OCCUR IN THE CELL
 MITOCHONDRION – POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL, ATP GENERATOR
 CYTOPLASM – PHOTOSYNTHESIS, CONTAINS CHLOROPHYLL THAT GIVES THE
PLANT A GREEN COLOR, ONLY IN PLANT CELLS
 LYSOSOME – THE HYDROLYTIC ENZYME THAT DIGESTS WASTES IN THE CELL