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The New AP Bio Test Format
AP Exam FormatSection I
Question Type Number of Questions Timing
Part A: Multiple Choice 6390 minutes
Part B: Grid-In 6
Section II
Long Free Response 280 minutes +
10-minute reading period Short Free Response 6
The 4 Big Ideas!1) The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life2) Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis3) Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes4) Biological systems interact, and these
systems and their interactions possess complex properties
Big Idea 1:Evolution drives Diversity Use data and Hardy-Weinberg equations to
explain changes to a population over time Use data to explain natural selection Use data and Hardy-Weinberg equations to
predict changes in a population Connect evolutionary changes to changes
in an environment Use data and Hardy-Weinberg equations to
analyze genetic drift Predict effects of genetic drift, migration,
and artificial selection on a population Use multiple sources to support theory of
evolution Design experiments to test/observe
evolution
Big Idea 1:Evolution drives Diversity Design simulations that will show evolution Identify core processes for the history of life Explain specific examples of features shared
within each domain of life Explain if a proposed connection between
two species is correct Understand and use phylogenetic trees and
cladograms to show connections between species and their evolutionary history
Create cladogram or tree showing connections
Design experiments to test speciation and extinction
Explain speciation through isolation methods, gene frequency, environment, genetic drift, and Natural Selection
Big Idea 1:Evolution drives Diversity Describe hypothesis on origin of life Explain reasons to revise an hypothesis on
the origin of life Use geological, physical, and chemical data
to explain conditions of early Earth
Big Idea 2:Growth and Homeostasis
Explain how living things use free energy to grow and reproduce
Explain how sources of energy affect population and ecosystems
Explain mechanisms used by organisms to capture, store, and use free energy
Use surface area-to-volume ratios to predict stability of a cell
Explain why organisms use certain molecules to build while others are waste products
Able to explain data through a graph of the interaction between organism and the resources taken in to maintain homeostasis and grow
Explain properties of cell membranes and their function
Big Idea 2:Growth and Homeostasis
Explain how active transport is necessary for homeostasis
Explain organelle structure and function Explain differences between prokaryotes and
eukaryotes Explain negative feedback regulation and how
changes to it affect a cell and system Explain how a cell uses negative feedback to
regulate an activity Explain positive feedback regulation and its
affects Use data to explain how a cell/organisms is
changing to its external environment Explain how biotic/abiotic factors will effect a
cell/system/population/community/ecosystem
Big Idea 2:Growth and Homeostasis
Design an experiment for collecting data on how biotic/abiotic factors effect life at different levels
Explain how homeostasis is connected to evolution and homeostatic mechanisms can show common ancestry
Explain affects of disrupting homeostasis Explain the human immune system Explain the nonspecific immune system in
plants and animals (Not covered in class, you can read on your own; 35.1, 35. 2, 43.5)
Explain how timing and regulation of important events in development lead to a stable complex organism
Explain how apoptosis, differentiation, reuse of molecules, and homeostasis all play roles in early development
Big Idea 2:Growth and Homeostasis
Explain connections between environments and physiological cycles in living things
Explain connections between environments and behavior of living things
Big Idea 3:Storing and Responding to Information
Explain structure of DNA and RNA Explain why we know DNA is hereditary
molecule Explain DNA replication, Mitosis and Meiosis,
Cell cycle Explain Protein synthesis: Transcription and
Translation Explain genetic engineering methods Explain mutations and how changes in
DNA/RNA effect protein structure Explain sources of genetic variation in
inheritance Explain common inheritance patterns and
Mendelian genetics with both vocabulary and mathematics
Explain ethical and social issues around genetic diseases
Explain non-Mendelian genetic patterns
Big Idea 3:Storing and Responding to Information
Explain connection between gene expression and phenotype
Explain connection between gene expression and homoeostasis, cell products, and functions
Explain how a single mediate gene expression pathway can affect protein production
Explain mechanisms of gene expression Explain connections between genotype,
phenotype, and natural selection Explain viral cycles and how viral genetic
variation occurs Explain basic cellular communication and cell
signaling pathways Explain cell-to-cell direct communication and chemical
signals
Big Idea 3:Storing and Responding to Information
Explain key parts of signal transduction pathways and cellular response
Explain how drugs can affect signal reception and therefore signal transduction pathways
Explain how organisms change behavior in response to external cues
Types of nervous systems, development of human nervous system, details on parts of the brain and neurologic processes
Explain, the words and pictures, how nervous systems detect external and internal signals, transmit, integrate, and send responses
Big Idea 4: Biological Systems Interact
Explain biological molecules, their properties, and their monomer units
Explain how monomer sequence determines a polymers properties
Explain interactions between cell organelles and explain how these do essential functions
Explain how gene expression and stimuli result in specialized cells, tissue, and organs
Explain information required to study community interactions
Explain how changes in a population can affect a community
Explain community interactions and movement of energy/matter
Big Idea 4: Biological Systems Interact
Predict the movement of energy/matter through a community
Explain how molecular interactions affect structure and function
Explain how cooperative interactions inside an organism promotes efficient use of energy/matter
Explain how population interactions affect species distribution and abundance
Explain how ecosystems can change over time due to large-scale events
Explain consequences of human actions on both local and global scales
Explain how changing molecular units give cells more variation in functions
Big Idea 4: Biological Systems Interact
Explain connection between environmental factors and phenotype and genotype
Explain how various phenotypic responses to an environmental factors lead to genotypes variation in a population
Predict survivorship/fitness of a population based on environmental factors
Explain connections between species diversity and ecosystem stability
Things you Don’t Need for the AP Test Details of radiometric dating (ex. C-14) Names/dates of mass extinctions on Earth Specific steps, names of enzymes and
intermediates of the pathways of burning sugars, fats, and proteins
The specific steps of the Calvin cycle, structure of the molecules, and the names of enzymes (except ATP synthase)
The steps of glycolysis or the Krebs cycle, or the structures of molecules and enzyme names involved
Names of Electron Carriers in the ETC Structures of specific antibodies Names of specific stages of embryotic
development Names and specific effects of all plant hormones
Things you Don’t Need for the AP Test Names and specific effects of hormones responsible
for daily body cycles Details on any Cyclin-Cdk complex or growth factor Memorizing the names of mitosis The molecular structures of nucleotides, amino
acids, lipids, and carbohydrates Functions of smooth ER in specialized cells Phospholipid synthesis or enzymes inside
lysosomes, peroxisomes, and secretory vesicles Specific examples of how lysosomes digest material The molecular structure of chlorophyll No specific cofactors or coenzymes Names of enzymes in Dogma beyond DNA Poly,
Ligase, RNA Poly, Helicase, Topoisomerase Names of enzymes in prokaryotic protein
expression
Things you Don’t Need for the AP Test Epitasis and pleiotropy inheritance Specific details on how horizontal gene
transfer occurs Details on the sexual reproduction cycles
of plants and animals (but DO NEED TO KNOW where genetic variation occurs in these processes)
Specific mechanics of any specific drug Details of how communities communicate
with each other Any one specific symbiotic interaction
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340-360 individuals/day
(900-200)/(5-3)= 700/2= 350
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5.3-5.4
Null= Pp x pp 0.5 Pp and 0.5 pp146/2= 73 purple and 73 white
X2 = ((87-73)2/73) +((59-73)2/73) 2.68 + 2.68 = 5.36
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