🧬AP Biology
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1252 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your AP Biology exam

🧬AP Biology
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Unit 1 – Chemistry of Life

1.1 Structure of Water and Hydrogen Bonding

1.2 Elements of Life

1.3 Introduction to Biological Macromolecules

1.4 Properties of Biological Macromolecules

1.5 Lipids

1.6 Nucleic Acids

1.7 Multiple Choice Questions

Unit 2 – Cell Structure and Function

2.10 Origins of Cell Compartmentalization

2.1 Cell Structure and Function

2.2 Cell Size

2.3 Plasma Membrane

2.4 Membrane Permeability

2.5 Membrane Transport

2.6 Facilitated Diffusion

2.7 Facilitated Diffusion

2.8 Mechanisms of Transport

2.9 Cell Compartmentalization

Unit 3 – Cellular Energetics

3.1 Enzymes

3.2 Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function

3.3 Cellular Energy

3.4 Photosynthesis

3.5 Cellular Respiration

Unit 4 – Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

4.1 Cell Communication

4.2 Introduction to Signal Transduction

4.3 Signal Transduction Pathways

4.4 Feedback

4.5 Cell Cycle

4.6 Regulation of the Cell Cycle

Unit 5 – Heredity

5.1 Meiosis

5.2 Meiosis and Genetic Diversity

5.3 Mendelian Genetics

5.4 Non-Mendelian Genetics

5.5 Environmental Effects on Phenotype

Unit 6 – Gene Expression and Regulation

6.1 DNA and RNA Structure

6.2 DNA Replication

6.3 Transcription and RNA Processing

6.4 Translation

6.5 Regulation of Gene Expression

6.6 Gene Expression and Cell Specialization

6.7 Mutations

6.8 Biotechnology

Unit 7 – Natural Selection

7.1 Introduction to Natural Selection

7.10 Speciation

7.11 Variations in Populations

7.12 Origins of Life on Earth

7.2 Natural Selection

7.3 Artificial Selection

7.4 Population Genetics

7.5 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

7.6 Evidence of Evolution

7.7 Common Ancestry

7.8 Continuing Evolution

7.9 Phylogeny

Unit 8 – Ecology

8.1 Responses to the Environment

8.2 Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

8.3 Population Ecology

8.4 Effect of Density of Populations

8.5 Community Ecology

8.6 Biodiversity

8.7 Disruptions to Ecosystems

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