Fall 2009
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AP BIOLOGY
FINAL STUDY GUIDE
CH.1
Know:
-Hierarchy/levels of biological organization
-emergent properties
-reductionism
-systems biology
-3 domains of life
-the scientific method: observations, hypotheses, experiments, variables, theory…
-the major unifying themes of biology & how they relate
-feedback mechanisms: negative & positive + examples
-science, technology and society
* know ALL VOCABULARY terms
* see pg. 28-29 CH.1 REVIEW
CH.2
Know:
-matter, atoms, elements, compounds
-essential elements of life (C,H,O,N)
-subatomic particles and their properties
-atomic # and atomic mass; isotopes and ions
-electron configuration and orbital’s (energy levels)
-chemical bonding: covalent, ionic, hydrogen
-chemical reactions
* see pg.45-46
CH.3
Know:
-water as the universal solvent
-water molecule structure, bonding and polarity
-4 emergent properties of water: cohesion (& adhesion), moderation of temperature (& specific
heat of water, & evaporative cooling), insulation of bodies of water by floating ice, the solvent
of life (hydrophilic, hydrophobic; concentrations)
-dissociation of water and acids and bases and effects of changes in pH, & the pH scale
*see pg. 56/57
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CH.4
Know:
-properties of carbon (possible formation of bonds)
-Organic/carbon compounds
-hydrocarbons
-isomers (structural isomers, geometric isomers, enantiomers)
-functional groups (hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino, sulfhydryl, phosphate), ATP
* see pg. 66-67
CH.5
Know:
-macromolecules (monomers polymers through polymerization processes)
-synthesis & breakdown of polymers (condensation reactions/dehydration reactions, hydrolysis)
-carbohydrates, lipids (i.e. steroids), proteins, nucleic acids (monomers, polymers, structures,
examples, functions, behaviors,ETC…)
* see pg. 90-91
CH.6
Know:
-CELLS & ALL their parts, functions & connections!!!
* see pg.122-123
CH.7
-Cell membrane structure & functions
-selective permeability
-fluid mosaic model & fluidity
-functions of membrane proteins
-diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion (passive transport), active transport [requires energy]
-types of active transport of large particles: endocytosis, phagocytosis, exocytosis
* see pg. 139-140