AP Biology Content

 

Topic Outline

 

 

I.       Molecules & Cells    (25%)

A.   Chemistry of Life (7 %)

1.     water

2.     Organic molecules in organisms

3.     Free energy changes

4.     Enzymes

B.   Cells (10 %)

1.     Prokaryotic & Eurkaryotic cells

2.     Membranes

3.     Subcellular organization

4.     Cell cycle & its regulation

 

C.   Cellular Energetics (8%)

1.     Coupled reactions

2.     Fermentation and cellular respiration

3.     Photosynthesis

 

 

 

II.    Heredity & Evolution  (25%)

A.   Heredity (8%)

1.     Meiosis & gametogensis

2.     Eukaryotic chromosomes

3.     Inheritance Patterns

 

B.   Molecular Genetics (9%)

1.     RNA & DNA structure and function

2.     Gene regulation

3.     Mutation

4.     Viral structure and replication

5.     Nucleic acid technology and applications

 

C.   Evolutionary Biology (8%)

1.     Early evolution of life

2.     Evidence for Evolution

3.     Mechanisms of Evolution

 

III.  Organisms and Populations  (50 %)

 

A.   Diversity of Organisms  (8 %)

1.     Evolutionary Patterns

2.     Survey of the diversity of life

3.     Phylogenetic classification

4.     Evolutionary relationships

 

B.   Structure & Function of Plants and Animals (32%)

1.     Reproduction, growth & development

2.     Structural, physiological, and behavioral adaptations

3.     Response to the the environment

 

C.   Ecology (10%)

1.     Population dynamics

2.     Communities and ecosystems

3.     Global issues