2010 AP Biology Summer Assignment Vocabulary
With all of the following words you are expected to give a written definition and provide a drawing or
diagram that displays its meaning (make sure it is fully labeled)
(When looking these up make certain it is a biological definition)
Abscisic acid
Angiosperm
Carbon fixation (plants)
Acetyl CoA
Anterior pituitary
Carbonyl group
Acetylcholine
Antibody
Carboxyl group
Acoelomate (animal forms)
Antigen
Carpel (flowering plants)
Acquired immunity
Apical meristem (plants)
Casparian strip (plants)
Actin (muscles)
Apoptosis
Cell cycle
Action potential
Archea
Cell differentiation
Activation energy (enzymes)
Artificial selection
Cephalization
Active immunity
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
Chemical bond
Active site (enzymes)
Autosome (genetics)
Chemical energy
Active transport (cell membrane)
B lymphocyte (B cell)
Chemoautotroph
Adaptive radiation (evolution)
Binary fission
Chemoreceptor
Adrenal gland (hormones)
Binomial nomenclature
Chitin
Agonistic behavior
Blastocyst
Chlorophyll
Allantois
Blastopore
Chordate (classification of animals)
Alleles
Body plan (animals)
Citric acid cycle
Allopatric speciation
Bottleneck effect (population)
Coelomate
Amino acid
Bryophyte
Coevolution
Amniote
C – 3 plant
Collagen
Anaerobic
C – 4 plant
Competitive exclusion principle
Androgen (hormone)
Calvin cycle
Cone cell
Cotyledon (plants)
Locus (gene locus)
Pressure potential (osmotic)
Dendrite (anatomy)
Lymphocyte (anatomy)
Protist
Directional selection (evolution)
Mammal
Pyloric sphincter
Endothermic
Marsupial
Radula
Essential amino acid
Medulla oblongata
Ray-finned fish
Eutrophication
Mesophyll (plants)
Rh factor
Fermentation
Mold
RNA Polymerase
Forebrain (anatomy)
Molting
Salivary amylase
Gametophyte (plants)
Monophyletic (evolution)
Sarcomere
Gel electrophoresis
Mutation
Schwann cell
Gene flow
Mycorrhizae
Secondary plant growth
Glycolysis
NAD+
Seedless vascular plants
Gram stain
NADP+
Sensory adaptation
Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
Natural selection
Serotonin
Homeotic gene
Operon (genetics)
Somatic nervous system
Imprinting (animal behavior)
Organ of Corti (anatomy)
Speciation
Insulin
Ovarian cycle (anatomy)
Species diversity
Interneuron
Oxytocin (anatomy)
Stem cell
Juxtaglomerular apparatus
Pancreas (anatomy)
Turgor pressure
Lateral line system
Passive transport
Vasoconstriction
Leaf primordia
Phylogenetic tree
Lichen
Polypeptide
Limbic system (anatomy)
Population dynamics