topic-outline

home The College Board provides the following information. The outline indicates the percentage of the course and exam devoted to each topic.

I. Organisms and Populations (50%)

A. Ecology (10%) 1. *Population Dynamics 2. *Communities and ecosystems 3. Global issues  B. Diversity of Organisms (8%)  1. *Evolutionary patterns  2. *Survey of the diversity of life  3. *Phylogenetic classification  4. Evolutionary relationships <span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> C. Structure and Function of Plants and Animals (32%) <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1. Reproduction, growth, and development <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. Structural, physiological, and behavioral adaptations <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. Response to the environment

<span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">II. Heredity and Evolution (25%)

<span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> A. Heredity (8%) <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Meiosis and gametogenesis <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Eukaryotic chromosomes <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Inheritance patterns <span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> B. Molecular Genetics (9%) <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">RNA and DNA structure and function <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. Gene Regulation <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Mutation <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 4. Viral structure and replication <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 5. Nucleic acid technology and applications <span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> C. Evolutionary Biology (8%) <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"> 1. Early evolution of life <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Evidence for evolution <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. Mechanisms of evolution

<span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">III. Molecules and Cells (25%)

<span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> A. Chemistry of Life (7%) <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Water <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Organic molecules in organisms <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. Free energy changes <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 4. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Enzymes <span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> B. Cells (10%) <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"> 1. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Membranes <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Subcellular organization <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 4. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Cell cycle and its regulation

<span style="color: #0090ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> C. Cell Energetics (8%) <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1. Coupled reactions <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Fermentation and cellular respiration <span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. *<span style="color: #ff002d; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Photosynthesis


 * Indicates a review from Pre-AP Biology