Biology 3A – Final Exam Review Sheet

The final exam for Biology 3A is a comprehensive exam that covers topics from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.  The class is divided into four units:  Scientific Method, Evolution and Taxonomy, Cellular Biology, and Anatomy.   The following list serves as a guide to remind you of the concepts and terms discussed throughout the semester.

Plan of Action: Studying

1.  Use the Biology 3A website.   Access notes you have kept, or print them out.
2.  Reread your notes while flipping through the related chapter.   Write down any terms or concepts you are uncertain of.  Pay special attention to the vocabulary
3.  Find any quizzes you have taken over the individual chapters – these are not on the website, but you were allowed to keep them.
4.  Print out  (or find in your notes) any coloring or labeling exercises. 
5.  Check the website for any online quizzes to test yourself.

Unit One – Introduction to Science

Chapter 1:  How to Define Life
How is the Biosphere Organized
How Living Things Are Classified  (Taxonomy)

Unit Two – Cellular Biologycell

Ch2:  Basic Chemistry (Elements, Compounds, Water)
Ch3:  Organic Chemistry (Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic Acids)
Ch4:  Cell Structure & Function (parts of the cell, prokaryote vs eukaryotic cells)
Ch5: Membrane Structure & Function (Membrane models, permeability, isotonic, hypertonic, hypotonic)
Ch7: Photosynthesis (Light Reactions, Calvin Cycle, Products & Reactants)
Ch8:  Cellular Respiration (Mitochondria, Glycolysis)

Unit Three – Evolution

Ch17:  Darwin and Evolution (History of Evolutionary Thought)
Ch18:  Process of Evolution (Microevolution, Macroevolution, Natural Selection, Speciation)
Ch19:  Origin and History of Life (Fossil Record, Factors the Influence Evolution)
Ch 32:  Primate and Human Evolution

Unit Four – Anatomy

(see your notes, here are book chapters to reference)

Rat Dissection Handouts
Skeletal System Coloring (rat, human, and other vertebrates)
Human and Rat Digestive System (labeling)

AP LABS –

throughout the semester we did many labs.  Questions will be based on the following:

            Osmosis and Diffusion Lab |  Cellular Respiration Lab | Evolution of Grabbers |  Enzyme Lab

 

**THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM CHAPTER QUIZZES YOU TOOK THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER**