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AP BIOLOGY COURSE SYLLABUS

Unit 1 Chemistry of Life. (8-11% AP Exam Weighting)

• 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 Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules
• 1.6 Nucelic Acids

Unit 2 Cell Structure and Function (10-13% AP Exam Weighting)

• 2.1 Cell Strucutre: Subcellular Components
• 2.2 Cell Structure and Function
• 2.3 Cell Size
• 2.4 Plasma Membrane
• 2.5 Membrane Permeability
• 2.6 Membrane Transport
• 2.7 Facilitated Diffusion
• 2.8 Tonicity and Osmoregulation
• 2.9 Mechanisms of Transport
• 2.10 Cell Compartmentalization
• 2.11 Origins of Cell Compartmentalization

Unit 3 Cellular Energetics (12-16% AP Exam Weighting)

• 3.1 Enzyme Structure
• 3.2 Enzyme Catalysts
• 3.3 Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function
• 3.4 Cellular Energy
• 3.5 Photosynthesis
• 3.6 Cellular Respiration
• 3.7 Fitness

Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Cycle (10-15% AP Exam Weighting)

• 4.1 Cell Communication
• 4.2 Introduction to Signal Transduciton
• 4.3 Signal Transduction
• 4.4 Changes in Signal Transduction Pathways
• 4.5 Feedback
• 4.6 Cell Cycle
• 4.7 Regulation of Cell Cycle

Unit 5  Heredity (8-11% AP Exam Weighting)

• 5.1 Meiosis
• 5.2 Meiosis and Genetic Diversity
• 5.3 Mendelian Genetics
• 5.4 Non-Mendelian Genetics
• 5.5 Environmental Effects on Phenotype
• 5.6 Chromosomal Inheritance

Unit 6 Gene Expression and Regulation (12-16% AP Exam Weighting)

• 6.1 DNA and RNA Structure
• 6.2 Replication
• 6.3 Transciption 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 (13-20% AP Exam Weighting)

• 7.1 Introduction to Natural Selection
• 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 Pylogeny
• 7.10 Speciation
• 7.11 Extinction
• 7.12 Variations in Population
• 7.13 Origins of Life on Earth

Unit 8 Ecology (10-15% AP Exam Weighting)

• 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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