Questions For
Advanced Biology
2005-2006
J. Bayer and C. Ramcke
Welcome
to Advanced Biology!
This course, or a modified version of it, has been taught at PHS
since 1987. The course is designed around the Advanced Placement Biology
curriculum and was originally designed to help students pass the AP Biology
test that is given in May. Today this course has evolved into a course that
focuses more on advanced biology topics, with less emphasis on the AP exam. The
AP test is optional. We would encourage any student to take it who is
interested, but please be alert to the fact that we may not complete all of the
mandatory AP Biology labs before the test, or cover all of the material to
completely prepare you for the test. Because course enrollment and the
number of sections has grown dramatically we have had to modify the program for
available lab space, and period length. The textbook we will be using this year
is BIOLOGY, 6th Edition by Neil A. Campbell and Jane B.
Reece.
Please be sure you want to be in this class. It is not
for everyone. It is an honors class, so expect to put in
extra time, and work a little harder than most other classes. It does include animal
dissections and you are expected to participate in the dissections (or an
alternative). Similarly, you may see film of animal experiments. The
course does have a strong evolutionary theme. An evolutionary
perspective is very important in 21st century biology. We will be discussing
current issues in biology including the controversial areas surround biotechnology
and human reproduction.
Major tests are given when we finish each of the three major
units. However, expect weekly quizzes. Assignments need to
be turned in a timely manor, otherwise expect to loose points. Attendance is
extremely important. If you are not in class don't expect to do well.
Attendance is particularly important toward the end of the school year.
Daily routine. We will be looking at biology through 37 questions.
These questions are on this web page. Click on the question and a transparency
will appear. This is the transparency that will be discussed in class. It does
not usually have a direct answer to the question; it does have information to
help you construct an answer to the question. You will need to read the textbook,
take some notes, and print the transparency from the web site (store these in a
binder). COME TO CLASS PREPARED. The best way to do this is read
the book, take notes, have a copy of the transparency for the question under
discussion. The grading scale for the class is 100-90 =A; 89-80 =B, 79-70 =C,
69-60=D, <60=F.
You are responsible for learning the questions and answers. There
is usually not one "right" answer to these questions, but several, or
several parts to an answer. And, of course there are many, many wrong answers.
Textbook page numbers that will help you answer these questions are in brackets
[ ] at the end of each question. Click on the question and you will get the
information that is on the transparency we use in class. Don’t limit yourself
to the textbook pages. Look elsewhere. We have provided web sites that will add
information, give you a different perspective, or enrich the topic. As you
construct answers to these questions list any other references you find at the
end of each answer. Answers need to be kept in a notebook (=3-ring binder) in
the sequence they are currently in. Keeping this notebook up to date is
important. You should also place handouts in the 3-ring binder
An online resource for quick information is the On-Line Biology Book. This electronic textbook contains
chapters that will be very useful in helping you answer the questions on this
list. We have included links to specific parts of this site also. Please help
us maintain the links, if you find a broken one please report it to an
instructor. For biology (science) news stories an excellent source is the Science Daily web site. They have new stories each day
[Monday-Friday].
When answering each question look for the following themes, these
may be obvious or cryptic, or they may not apply at all to any given question.
The themes you should look for are:
SCIENCE AS A PROCESS
EVOLUTION
ENERGY TRANSFER
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
RELATIONSHIP OF STRUCTURE
TO FUNCTION
REGULATION
INTERDEPENDENCE IN NATURE
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND
SOCIETY
Questions
For Advanced Biology
Molecules and Cells
UNIT TEST
HERE
Genetics and Evolution
Unit
Test Here
Organisms and Populations
Ecology
- What models are useful in describing the growth of a
population? [pages 1158-1163]
- How is population size regulated by abiotic and biotic factors?
[pages 1163-1172]
- How is energy flow through an ecosystem related to trophic
structure? [Chapter 54]
- How do elements (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, oxygen)
and water cycle through ecosystems? How do organisms effect these cycles?
And, how do humans impact these biogeochemical cycles? [Chapter 54]
- How do biotic and abiotic factors affect community structure
and ecosystem function? [Chapters 53 and 54]
Unit Test Here
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