AP Biology Exam Review
When: Monday, May 13th 2013 at 8 a.m.
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AP Biology Exam formatMultiple-Choice (50%)
-90 minutes -63 multiple choice questions -6 grid-in questions Free-Response (50%) -90 minutes including a 10 minute reading period, -2 long free-response essay questions -6 short free-response questions |
What is the exam?
The “Big Ideas” covered in the course are:
1.) The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.
2.) Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
3.) Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.
4.) Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.
The focus of the course is on understanding concepts rather than memorizing technical details and terminology.
Laboratory work is a required element of all AP Bio courses, with an emphasis on
1.) The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.
2.) Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
3.) Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.
4.) Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.
The focus of the course is on understanding concepts rather than memorizing technical details and terminology.
Laboratory work is a required element of all AP Bio courses, with an emphasis on
- the scientific method
- problem solving
- research techniques