Essays - Protein Syntehsis, Gene Regulation & Biotechnology

The essays for this week's test can be found here. Good luck studying!

Essays - Mitosis, Meiosis & Genetics

The essays for the next test can be found here.

Essays - Cellular Respiration

The essays for this unit are available here. They focus on Cellular Respiration, since we have already written essays dealing with photosynthesis.

AP Biology Test 2 Essays

The essays for Thursday's test can be found here.

Good luck and happy studying!

AP Biology Test 1 Essays

The essay questions for test one can be found here.

Good luck and happy studying!

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

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

Welcome to Physical Science at RHS!

As we change semesters, I hope you are looking forward to Physical Science this year. Below I have included links to the NC Essential Standards for Physical Science, which outlines the topics we cover (and which you will be tested on) as well as my syllabus, which shows our schedule, my makeup work policy and the RHS honor code.

NC Essential Standards

Physical Science Syllabus - Spring 2015

AP Biology Final Review Materials

To help you study for the final on Monday, here are all the tests we have taken this year. This will be a good review of all of the topics and some good examples of questions you may see on the final.

Unit 1: Chemistry and Organic Molecules

Unit 2: Cells and Membranes

Photosynthesis & Respiration

Unit 3: Mitosis, Meiosis & Genetics