Friday, February 27, 2015

AP Biology Extra Credit

Here is the website for the PBS documentary "What Darwin Never Knew." Watch and complete the worksheet for extra credit. This assignment is due Monday, March 9th

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/darwin-never-knew.html

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

AP Biology Essays - Feb. 10

The essays for tomorrow's test are included below:

1. Biologists are interested in preserving the diversity of living organisms on the planet.

a) Explain THREE of the following processes or phenomena, using an appropriate
example for each.
  • mutation
  • natural selection
  • gene flow
  • population bottlenecks
  • growth of the human population
b) For each process or phenomenon you selected in (a), discuss its impact on the diversity
of life on Earth.

2) Mutations occur at random and increase the variation within a population for no particular purpose. our immune system is capable of detecting and killing certain viruses. would a virus that has a requent rate of muation be less or more able to avoid the immune system? Explain