AP Biology
Semester One
Summary
Mrs. Hunt – St. John Bosco HS
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are the 5 topics you
believe you understand the
best from first semester?
(wait for the list…)
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What
are the 5 topics you
believe you understand the
least from first semester?
(wait for the list…)
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Summer review:
Chemistry of life
Water and its properties
Organic Chemistry
The four macromolecule classes
Parts of a cell
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Evolution:
Charles Darwin/Natural Selection
Hardy-Weinberg
Microevolution vs. Macroevolution
Reproductive isolation
Genetic drift
Gene flow
Early origins of the Earth
Adaptive radiation
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Ecology:
Biomes
Ecological interactions and relationships
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Membrane Structure and Function:
Fluid mosaic model of a membrane
Membrane proteins
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Passive Transport
Diffusion
Osmosis
Facilitated diffusion
Active Transport
Membrane Potential
Proton Pump/Sodium-Potassium Pump
Statistics:
Chi- squared testing
Metabolism:
Catabolic vs. Anabolic pathways
Free Energy
Structure of ATP
Enzymes
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Cellular Respiration:
Glycolysis
Krebs cycle
Electron transport chain
Fermentation
Chemiosmosis
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Photosynthesis:
Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs
Calvin cycle
Light reactions
Chloroplasts/Chlorophyll
C3 plants and C4 plants
Electron flow (linear and cyclic)
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Cell communication:
Local vs. long distance signaling
Signal transduction pathway
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Cell cycle:
Organization of Genetic material
Mitosis and cytokinesis
Binary fission
Cancer
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Sexual life cycle:
Meiosis
Alternation of generations
Comparison of meiosis and mitosis
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Genetics:
Gregor Mendel and his genetic laws
Punnett squares
Genetic vocabulary
Probability math rules
Extending Mendel’s Genetics for inheritance patterns
Pedigrees
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Chromosomal inheritance:
T.H. Morgan
Sex-linked genes
Genetic recombination and linkage
Abnormal chromosome number
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Summer Review:
 Chemistry
of life
 Water and its properties
 Organic Chemistry
 The four macromolecule classes
 Parts of a cell
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Evolution:
 Charles
Darwin/Natural Selection
 Hardy-Weinberg
 Microevolution vs. Macroevolution
 Reproductive isolation
 Genetic drift
 Gene flow
 Early origins of the Earth
 Adaptive radiation
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Statistics:
 Chi
squared testing
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Ecology:
 Biomes
 Ecological
interactions and relationships
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Membrane Structure and Function:
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Fluid mosaic model of a membrane
Membrane proteins
Exocytosis
Endocytosis
Passive Transport
Diffusion
Osmosis
Facilitated diffusion
Active Transport
Membrane Potential
Proton Pump/Sodium-Potassium Pump
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Metabolism:
 Catabolic
vs. Anabolic pathways
 Free Energy
 Structure of ATP
 Enzymes
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Cellular Respiration:
 Glycolysis
 Krebs
cycle
 Electron transport chain
 Fermentation
 Chemiosmosis
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Photosynthesis:
 Autotrophs
vs. Heterotrophs
 Calvin cycle
 Light reactions
 Chloroplasts/Chlorophyll
 C3 plants and C4 plants
 Electron flow (linear and cyclic)
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Cell communication:
 Local
vs. long distance signaling
 Signal transduction pathway
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Cell cycle:
 Organization
of Genetic material
 Mitosis and cytokinesis
 Binary fission
 Cancer
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Sexual life cycle:
 Meiosis
 Alternation
of generations
 Comparison of meiosis and mitosis
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Genetics:
 Gregor
Mendel and his genetic laws
 Punnett squares
 Genetic vocabulary
 Probability math rules
 Extending Mendel’s Genetics for
inheritance patterns
 Pedigrees
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Chromosomal inheritance:
 T.H.
Morgan
 Sex-linked genes
 Genetic recombination and linkage
 Abnormal chromosome number
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Your best topics…
 Briefly
summarize each of your 5 strongest
topics now on your paper.
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Your “not best” topics…
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one person in the room that has your
“least” as their “best” and have them
briefly review the concept with you. Do
this with each of your 5 topics. Try to find
5 different people.
 Do not explain it on paper… just write the
name of the person who explained it to
you next to the topic. (and if no one can
explain it, use your book! List your book!)
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Summation…
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How do you now feel about your “least” topics? Can
you move any out of this category? (Do not answer
these two questions on your paper… just think about them)
Lastly, answer these two questions: (write out the question)
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What do you hope to do better this semester?
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What do you plan to do similar this semester?