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Unit 1: Chemistry Foundations Study Guide
Review water, carbon, macromolecules, monomers, bonds, and molecular structure for AP Biology Unit 1.
Open free set ›Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function Study Guide
Study organelles, membrane transport, surface-area ratios, water potential, and cellular compartments.
Open free set ›Unit 3: Cellular Energetics Study Guide
Learn enzymes, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, energy coupling, and metabolic regulation.
Open free set ›Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Review receptors, signal transduction, feedback, mitosis, and cell-cycle control for AP Biology Unit 4.
Open free set ›Unit 5: Heredity Study Guide
Review meiosis, Mendelian genetics, probability, inheritance patterns, and sources of genetic variation.
Open free set ›Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation Study Guide
Study DNA replication, transcription, translation, gene regulation, mutation, and biotechnology.
Open free set ›Unit 7: Natural Selection Study Guide
Review evolution, population genetics, evidence for common ancestry, speciation, and phylogeny.
Open free set ›Unit 8: Ecology Study Guide
Study population growth, species interactions, energy flow, nutrient cycles, biodiversity, and disruption.
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- ○Chemistry of life
- ○Cell structure and transport
- ○Cellular energetics
- ○Cell communication and the cell cycle
- ○Heredity
- ○Gene expression and regulation
- ○Natural selection
- ○Ecology