Princeton Review AP Biology Prep, 2022: Practice Tests + Complete Content Review + Strategies & Techniques

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Overview

Make sure you’re studying with the most up-to-date prep materials! Look for the newest edition of this title, The Princeton Review AP Biology Prep, 2023 (ISBN: 9780593450666, on-sale August 2022).
 
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780525570530
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/03/2021
Series:	College Test Preparation: AP
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	1,075,384
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.10(d)

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Table of Contents

Get More (Free) Content viii

Part I Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score 1

Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations 2

Your Guide to Using This Book 2

How to Begin 3

Part II Practice Test 1 7

Practice Test 1 9

Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations 33

Part III About the AP Biology Exam 47

The Structure of the AP Biology Exam 48

How the AP Biology Exam Is Scored 48

Overview of Content Topics 49

Breakdown of Free Response Questions 52

How AP Exams Are Used 54

Other Resources 55

Designing Your Study Plan 56

Part IV Test-Taking Strategies for the AP Biology Exam 57

Preview 58

1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions 59

2 How to Approach Free-Response Questions 71

3 Using Time Effectively to Maximize Points 77

Part V Content Review for the AP Biology Exam 83

4 Chemistry of Life 85

Elements 86

Subatomic Particles 86

Compounds 87

Water: The Versatile Molecule 87

Acids and Bases 89

Organic Molecules 91

Key Terms 108

Chapter 4 Drill 109

5 Cell Structure and Function 115

Living Things 116

Types of Cells and Organelles 116

Key Terms 128

Chapter 5 Drill 129

6 Cellular Energetics 133

Bioenergetics 134

Enzymes 136

Reaction Coupling and ATP 139

Photosynthesis 141

The Light Reactions 144

Cellular Respiration 147

Key Terms 155

Chapter 6 Drill 156

7 Cell Communication and Cell Cycle 161

Cell Communication 162

Cell Division 164

The Cell Cycle 165

Interphase: The Growing Phase 165

Mitosis: The Dance of the Chromosomes 168

Key Terms 172

Chapter 7 Drill 173

Heredity 177

Haploids Versus Diploids 178

Gregor Mendel: The Father of Genetics 179

Mendelian Genetics 180

Sex-Linked Traits 187

Environmental Effect on Traits 189

An Overview of Meiosis 190

Key Terms 195

Chapter 8 Drill 196

9 Gene Expression and Regulation 201

DNA: The Blueprint of Life 202

The Molecular Structure of DNA 202

Genome Structure 205

DNA Replication 205

RNA 207

Mutations 217

Biotechnology 220

Key Terms 222

Chapter 9 Drill 223

10 Natural Selection 229

Natural Selection 230

Common Ancestry 233

Genetic Variability 234

Causes of Evolution 236

Species 238

Population Genetics 239

Origins of the Earth 241

Key Terms 243

Chapter 10 Drill 244

11 Ecology 249

Interacting with the Environment 250

Behavior 250

How Animals Communicate 253

Plant Behavior 254

Ecology 255

Population Ecology 261

Ecological Succession 263

Human Impact on the Environment 264

Key Terms 266

Chapter 11 Drill 267

12 Quantitative Skills and Biostatistics 273

Summarizing and Presenting Data 274

Types of Data 275

Types of Experiments or Questions 280

Probability 284

Hypothesis Testing 285

Key Terms 290

Chapter 12 Drill 291

13 Sample Free-Response Questions 295

Section II: Free-Response 296

Scoring Guidelines 298

Sample Essays 299

How to Use the Sample Free-Response Questions 300

14 Laboratory 303

Lab 1 Artificial Selection 304

Lab 2 Mathematical Modeling: Hardy-Weinberg 305

Lab 3 Comparing DNA Sequences to Understand Evolutionary Relationships with BLAST 305

Lab 4 Diffusion and Osmosis 306

Lab 5 Photosynthesis 306

Lab 6 Cellular Respiration 307

Lab 7 Mitosis and Meiosis 307

Lab 8 Biotechnology: Bacterial Transformation 308

Lab 9 Biotechnology: Restriction Enzyme Analysis of DNA 309

Lab 10 Energy Dynamics 310

Lab 11 Transpiration 310

Lab 12 Fruit Fly Behavior 310

Lab 13 Enzyme Activity 311

15 Chapter Drill Answers and Explanations 313

AP Biology Equations and Formulas 325

Part VI Additional Practice Tests 327

Practice Test 2 329

Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations 347

Practice Test 3 359

Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations 377