gt.school ap biology

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Unit 1: Topic 1 - Structure of Water and Hydrogen bonding
Which of the following are import...,
Would two proteins with the same ...,
Why are the cohesive and adhesive...
9  cards
Unit 1: Topic 2 - Elements of Life
What does chonps stand for,
In order for organisms to grow re...,
What are the uses of carbon in li...
9  cards
Unit 1: Topic 3 - Introduction to Biological Macromolecules
What type of bond holds protein t...,
What type of bond holds nucleic a...,
What type of bond holds complex c...
5  cards
Unit 1: Topic 4 - Properties of Biological Macromolecules
What is the monomer of nucleic acids,
What are the components of nucleo...,
What determines the shape of a pr...
8  cards
Unit 1: Topic 5 - Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules
Describe the structure of dna be ...,
During dna and rna synthesis how ...,
How many bonds form between adeni...
13  cards
Unit 1: Topic 6 - Nucleic Acids
What are the structural similarit...,
List 3 structural differences bet...,
How are dna strands oriented
3  cards
Unit 2: Topic 1 - Cell Structure: Subcellular Components
What is the main job of the ribosome,
How does the location of the ribo...,
What is the structure of a riboso...
17  cards
Unit 2: Topic 2 - Cell Structure and Function
What is the role of the endoplasm...,
What is the role of the rough end...,
What is the role of the smooth en...
16  cards
Unit 2: Topic 3 - Cell Size
How does the surface area to volu...,
What is surface area to volume ra...,
What is the major reason as to wh...
6  cards
Unit 2: Topic 4 - Plasma Membranes
In the cell membrane there are hy...,
What is the orientation of phosph...,
What are phospholipids made up of
5  cards
Unit 2: Topic 5 - Membrane Permeability
Why are cell membranes selectivel...,
In relation to selective permeabi...,
What is the fluid mosaic model
9  cards
Unit 2: Topic 6 - Membrane Transport
Describe passive transport,
Explain the importance of passive...,
Describe active transport
5  cards
Unit 2: Topic 7 - Facilitated Diffusion
How do cells maintain their inter...,
Why are small molecules able to d...,
Can charged ions diffuse across t...
9  cards
Unit 2: Topic 8 - Tonicity and Osmoregulation
What is an isotonic solution and ...,
What is a hypotonic solution and ...,
What is a hypertonic solution and...
6  cards
Unit 2: Topic 9 - Mechanisms of Transport
Describe the two general categori...,
What are the differences between ...,
What are the different types of p...
8  cards
Unit 2: Topic 10 - Compartmentalization
What is the major function of the...,
What is the major function of the...,
What is the major function of the...
10  cards
Unit 2: Topic 11 - Origins of Cell Compartmentalization
According to the endosymbiotic th...,
What are the differences in compa...,
What are the difference in intern...
4  cards
Unit 3: Topic 1 - Enzyme Structure
What are some of the properties o...,
What is the active site of an enzyme,
Why are enzymes specfic to certai...
3  cards
Unit 3: Topic 2 - Enzyme Catalysis
How do enzymes affect the rate of...,
In terms of activation energy how...
2  cards
Unit 3: Topic 3 - Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function
What does it mean when an protein...,
How does environmental temperatur...,
Is enzyme denaturation reversible
10  cards
Unit 3: Topic 4 - Cellular Energy
Where does the majority of energy...,
What is the final form light ener...,
What is the first law of thermody...
8  cards
Unit 3: Topic 5 - Photosynthesis
What was the first classification...,
What is the general equation for ...,
How did eukaryotic photosynthesis...
10  cards
Unit 3: Topic 6 - Cellular Respiration
What are the two major ways atp i...,
What macromolecule do fermentatio...,
What are the three major parts of...
19  cards
Unit 3: Topic 7 - Fitness
Why is variation at the molecular...,
Why would a plant cell have multi...
2  cards
Unit 4: Topic 1 - Cell Communication
Explain how immune cells benefit ...,
What are the three main ways cell...,
How do cell junctions work when c...
4  cards
Unit 4: Topic 2 - Introduction to Signal Transduction
What are the components of a sign...,
Example of signal transduction pa...,
What are phopshorylation cascades...
9  cards
Unit 4: Topic 3 - Signal Transduction
What is the order of organization...,
In order for a group of cells to ...,
What changes in the environment c...
15  cards
Unit 4: Topic 4 - Changes in Signal Transduction Pathways
Https docsgooglecom document d 1j...,
Example of signal transduction pa...
2  cards
Unit 4: Topic 5 - Feedback
What is homeostasis identify what...,
What are the two types of feedbac...,
What is an example of a negative ...
4  cards
Unit 4: Topic 6 - Cell Cycle
What are the two highly regulated...,
What is the cell cycle,
What occurs in g1 phase of interp...
15  cards
Unit 4: Topic 7 - Regulation of Cell Cycle
What are cell cycle check points,
Whar are the three major cell cyc...,
What are some factors that regula...
6  cards
Unit 5: Topic 1 - Meiosis
What is the process used by sexua...,
How does meiosis ensure that sexu...,
List and explain the steps of mei...
4  cards
Unit 5: Topic 2 - Meiosis and Genetic Diversity
Explain the concept of independen...,
Explain the process of crossing o...,
List and explain the major aspect...
3  cards
Unit 5: Topic 3 - Mendelian Genetics
What does genetic similarity acro...,
What are the two main carriers of...,
Are the features of the genetic c...
9  cards
Unit 5: Topic 4 - Non-Mendelian Genetics
What are the four types of non me...,
What is codominance and give an e...,
What is incomplete dominance and ...
12  cards
Unit 5: Topic 5 - Environmental Effects on Phenotype
What is the most common important...,
What is phenotypic plasticity and...,
What evolutionary advantage can a...
3  cards
Unit 5: Topic 6 - Chromosomal Inheritance
What is the law of segregation an...,
What is the law of independent as...,
What is random fertilization and ...
7  cards
Unit 6: Topic 1 - DNA and RNA Structure
What is the primary source of her...,
What is the structure of dna deox...,
What is the structure of rna ribo...
7  cards
Unit 6: Topic 2 - Replication
In what direction is dna synthesized,
What is the name of the enzyme th...,
Dna replication is aa conservativ...
10  cards
Unit 6: Topic 3 - Transcription and RNA Processing
List the three types of rna molec...,
Explain what is meant by the cent...,
Explain the process of transcribi...
5  cards
Unit 6: Topic 4 - Translation
Where does translation of mrna in...,
How does the location of transcri...,
Explain the first step of transla...
7  cards
Unit 6: Topic 5 - Regulation of Gene Expression
What are regulatory sequences,
What are epigenetic changes,
What is dna methylation
9  cards
Unit 6: Topic 6 - Gene Expression and Cell Specialization
Https docsgooglecom document d 1g...,
What is a promoter,
What would happen if a molecule b...
6  cards
Unit 6: Topic 7 - Mutations
How is the phenotype of an organi...,
How is phenotype and protein prod...,
What are and what are the types o...
12  cards
Unit 6: Topic 8 - Biotechnology
What is gel electrophoresis and h...,
What is pcr polymerase chain reac...,
What is bacterial transformation ...
4  cards
Unit 7: Topic 1 - Introduction to Natural Selection
What is the most important proces...,
What causes generational natural ...,
How does reproductive success rel...
8  cards
Unit 7: Topic 2 - Natural Selection
How does natural selection relate...,
How does an environment apply sel...,
What is an example of an organism...
3  cards
Unit 7: Topic 3 - Artificial Selection
What is and how does artificial s...,
What is convergent evolution and ...
2  cards
Unit 7: Topic 4 - Population Genetics
How do mutations contribute to ev...,
How does genetic drift contribute...,
What is a bottleneck and founder ...
7  cards
Unit 7: Topic 5 - Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
What is the hardy weinberg model ...,
What is the hardy weinberg equati...,
How do changes in allele frequenc...
4  cards
Unit 7: Topic 6 - Evidence of Evolution
What types of scientific evidence...,
How can geological evidence fossi...,
What are morhopological homologie...
5  cards
Unit 7: Topic 7 - Common Ancestry
What types of structural evidence...,
How do linear chromosomes help sh...,
How do genes containing introns h...
4  cards
Unit 7: Topic 8 - Continuing Evolution
Evolution is continuous true false,
How do species genomically change...,
How does the fossil record help u...
5  cards
Unit 7: Topic 9 - Phylogeny
What are the differences and simi...,
What types of data and features a...,
What does the out group or lone l...
6  cards
Unit 7: Topic 10 - Speciation
What can happen when two species ...,
What is the definition of a species,
What is the difference between gr...
9  cards
Unit 7: Topic 11 - Extinction
How many mass extinctions have th...,
How is the rate of extinction inf...,
How can human actions harm ecosys...
5  cards
Unit 7: Topic 12 - Variations in Populations
How is a population s ability to ...,
Why do selective pressures determ...
2  cards
Unit 7: Topic 13 - Origin of Life on Earth
Approximately when was earth form...,
What did inorganic precursors all...,
What is the meteorite theory rega...
6  cards
Unit 8: Topic 1 - Responses to the Environment
How do organisms respond to chang...,
What is communication between org...,
What are the 5 main types of sign...
4  cards
Unit 8: Topic 2 - Energy Flow Through Ecosystems
Explain the difference between en...,
How does energy availability impa...,
What is the relationship between ...
9  cards
Unit 8: Topic 3 - Population Ecology
What is a population,
What is population ecology,
What causes population to fluctuate
11  cards
Unit 8: Topic 4 - Effect of Density of Populations
What is the carrying capacity,
What determines the carrying capa...,
What are the two different types ...
6  cards
Unit 8: Topic 5 - Community Ecology
What is a community,
What is community ecology,
What is community structure
15  cards
Unit 8: Topic 6 - Biodiversity
How resilient are ecosystems natu...,
How do keystone species maintain ...,
How do producers maintain diversity
6  cards
Unit 8: Topic 7 - Disruptions to Ecosystems
What is an adaptation and where d...,
Do mutations occur in response to...,
What causes mutations and what ca...
9  cards

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