AP Biology Summer Assignment Chapter 50.1: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere Ecology is the scientific study of how organisms interact with the environment. When studying Ecology scientists want to know‚ where organisms live‚ why they live there‚ and how many are there. Ecology and environmental biology both stem from Darwin’s interest and observations upon the distribution of organisms and how they adapted to their specific environment. Darwin concluded that the environment interacting
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1994 AP Biology SECTION I Time – 1 hour and 30 minutes Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. 1. Which of the following is the most abundant carbon-containing compound in the atmosphere of the Earth? (A) Carbon monoxide (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Carbon tetrachloride (D) Ethane (E) Ozone 2. During hibernation
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Name_______________________Period___________ Chapter 6: A Tour of the Cell Concept 6.1 Biologists use microscopes and the tools of biochemistry to study cells 1. The study of cells has been limited by their small size‚ and so they were not seen and described until 1665‚ when Robert Hooke first looked at dead cells from an oak tree. His contemporary‚ Anton van Leeuwenhoek‚ crafted lenses and with the improvements in optical aids‚ a new world was opened. Magnification and resolving power limit
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In freshman year‚ I was placed in the honors Biology course. I had a lot of difficulty the first semester and never really attempted to study much. I didn’t want the second semester to be the same as the first semester‚ so I tried a lot harder by studying for every test and doing every assignment that was given. In the end of the semester‚ I earned an A with all of my hard work. In order for students to take an AP class at our school‚ we must apply to the class with an application. Acceptance is
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CHAPTER 5: COLONIAL SOCIETY ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: 1700-1775 Conquest by the Cradle Know: Thirteen Original Colonies 1. What was the significance of the tremendous growth of population in Britain’s North American colonies? Britain had an advantage over America with their population in 1700. If Americans wanted to revolt‚ Britain would outnumber them 25 to 1. However‚ in 1775‚ with the population increase (and continuing to increase)‚ Britain’s advantage was weakening. There were now only
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Barret James APHG Chapter 13 Guided Reading Assignment 1. What key contribution to our planet’s history did Alfred Wegener make? A. He proposed a hypothesis that would account for the close “fit” of the shapes of the facing continents. His continental drift hypothesis required a preexisting super continent‚ Pangaea‚ which split into the continents of the world. 2. In what two ways have humans effected the earth’s environment during our presence on this planet? A. 1. Long before we became technologically
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Name_________________________________________________Date_____________________________Block____ Chapter 4 Guided Reading Questions Part A The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain 1. What was the Stamp Act? 2. How did the Sons of Liberty protest the Stamp Act? 3. What was the impact of the Stamp Act Congress? 4. How did the Townshend Act vary from the Stamp Act? Tensions Mount in Massachusetts 5. What was the Boston Massacre? Why did it occur and what was the significance
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initiative and leadership by running for the Student Council and serving as Class Representative. Taking AP Biology and AP Environmental Science ignited my fascination about how living organisms and cellular systems effortlessly work together‚ grow‚ and adapt to their environment‚
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Chapter 7 Cell Structure and Function Section Review 7-1 1. living things 2. structure; function 3. existing cells 4. nucleus; prokaryotes 5. organelles 6. prokaryotic cell 7. eukaryotic cell 8. The giant amoeba is 5000 times larger than the smallest bacterium. 9. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells carry out the functions required for living‚ and both contain cytoplasm as well as cell membranes. Eukaryotic cells contain organelles and have a nucleus‚ whereas prokaryotic cells do not. 10. Eukaryotic;
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------------------------------------------------- Enzyme Pre-Lab Harry Kang 9/26/12 1) The purpose of this lab was to determine the rate of enzyme activity under variety of different conditions‚ such as‚ different amount of drops of enzymes and different temperature of water. The class measured the pressure in the test tube during the reaction of the substance with‚ 1.5 ml of H2O2‚ 1.5ml of H2O and different amounts of enzyme drops‚ to determine how much oxygen gas is produced during the reaction
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