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APBiologyAnIntroductiontoYourAPBiologyCourseThetwomaingoalsofAPBiologyaretohelpyoudevelopaconceptualframeworkformodernbiologyandtogainadeeperappreciationofscienceasaprocess(asopposedtoanaccumulationoffacts).Becauseoftherapidpaceofdiscoveryinthelifesciencesourprimaryemphasisisondevelopinganunderstandingofunifyingconceptsthatconnectthemajortopicsofbiology.TheAPBiologyCurriculumcentersaroundthefourBigIdeasandyouwillneedtonotonlyknowthesebutalsounderstandhowtheyallrelate:Ø BigIdea1:Theprocessofevolutiondrivesthediversityandunityoflife.Ø BigIdea2:Biologicalsystemsutilizefreeenergyandmolecularbuildingblockstogrow,toreproduce
andtomaintaindynamichomeostasis.Ø BigIdea3:Livingsystemsstore,retrieve,transmitandrespondtoinformationessentialtolife
processes.Ø BigIdea4:Biologicalsystemsinteract,andthesesystemsandtheirinteractionspossesscomplex
properties.Inaddition,muchofthecoursewillbededicatedtotheunderstandingofscienceasaprocess.This,however,goeswellbeyondthestepsofthescientificmethodthatyoulearnedinthirdgrade.Tobeasuccessfulscientist,youmustunderstandtheprocessofexperimentaldesignandhowtocriticallyanalyzenotonlytheresultsofyourexperiments,buttheprocedureanddatacollectionmethodsaswell.Youmustbeabletocreateandunderstandavarietyofdifferentchartsandgraphs,eachimportantfordifferentvarietiesofdata.Youmustbeabletopointoutflawsinargumentsbasedonbothqualitativeandquantitativedata.Youmustbeabletocreateandanalyzevisualinterpretationsofvariousbiologicalconcepts.Andfinally,youmustbeabletorelatewhatyou’vediscoveredbacktoclassicbiologicalconceptsanduseyourdepthofknowledgetoexplainthoseexperimentalresults.Alltheseskills,inadditiontogeneralbiologyknowledge,areincludedintheAPCourseDescriptionandwillbetestedontheAPtestinMay!Yoursummerassignmentisbelow.Theduedatesarespacedthroughoutthesummertokeepyoufromhavingabig,scaryassignmenthangingoveryourheadallsummerlong.(Iexpecttheassignmenttotakeabout10-12hoursoverall.)IlookforwardtoworkingwithyouthiscomingschoolyearandIhopeyouhaveanamazing,relaxingsummer.Afterawildandunusual2020-21schoolyear,youabsolutelydeserveit!
Mr.MatthewJurkiewicz
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APBiologySummerAssignmentGuidelinesPARTA–DueDate:Monday,June28,2021IntroductoryVideoWatchthisintroductoryvideo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P8cyA90oO0Completethetaskgiventoyouinthevideoande-mailittomjurkiewicz@msjacad.org.PARTB–DueDate:Friday,July2,2021APGuideBookIhighlyrecommendthatyoupurchaseanAPBiologystudyguide.Wewillnotnormallyutilizethemduringclass(sobuytheoneyoulikebest),howeverthey’regreatresourcestohelpyouprepareforteststhroughouttheyearandfortheAPtestinMay.Inaddition,havingaguidebooktoreferencewillhelpyoucompletePartCofthesummerassignment.ThesearemyfavoriteAPBiologystudyguides.I’dsuggestpurchasingtheone(notboth)youaremorecomfortablewithfromotherAPcourses.Eitherisafinechoice,butmakesureit’sthenewestedition(2020orlater),especiallyifyoupurchasefromAmazon.com,etc.!
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PARTC–DueDate:Monday,July19,2021ChemistryandTerminologyReviewsSuggestedTime:4-5hoursOnthefollowingfewpages,youwillfindreviewsofgeneralchemistryknowledge(pages6to18)andgeneralbiologyterminology(pages19to21).Someifityou’llbeveryfamiliarwithwhilesomemightbenewtoyou(because[1]youhaven’ttakenahighschoolBiologycourseyetand[2]yourChemistrycoursewascompletedvirtuallyandsurelysomeconceptshadtobecutfortime).UtilizetheInternet,YouTubevideos(suggestedbelow),andyourAPBiologyguidebooktocompletethereviewstothebestofyourability.PayspecificattentiontotheChemistryreviewandhighlighttheconceptsyoufindmostdifficult.WehavetimetodoabriefChemistryreviewduringthefirstfewdaysofclassnextyearsoyou’llwanttobereadywithquestionsaboutspecifictopicsthatyoufindmostconfusing!Hankfrom“CrashCourse”discussesChemicalBonding:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXT4OVM4vXIHankfrom“CrashCourse”discussesWater:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVT3Y3_gHGgHankfrom“CrashCourse”discussesMolarity:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h2f1Bjr0p4Hankfrom“CrashCourse”discussesAcidsandBases:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS67vS10O5YGettoknowHank!He’soneofmyfavoriteYouTubers!Whenyou’refinished,[email protected]
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PARTD–DueDate:Monday,August9,2021SciencePracticeGuidesSuggestedTime:5-6hoursPaulAnderson,ofBozemanScienceonYouTube,isonthemostrespectededucatorsintheAPBiologyworld.Someofhisvideoscanbealittle“dry”comparedtootherYouTuberswhoaremorefocusedonentertainmentthanscience,butMr.Andersonhasonegoalinhisvideos–toeducateyouwiththemostessentialinformationandgetyoua5ontheAPtest!Hehasuploadedvideos(under10minuteseach)thatbreakdownthesixsciencepracticestestedontheAPtest.I’dlikeyoutowatchavideooneachofthesixsciencepracticesbelowandsummarizeitin1-2pages.However,don’twriteanessayorsetofparagraphs!Eachoneofyoursummariesshouldbevisual,eye-catching,andunique.Iamenvisioningasetofmini-postersthatyoucanputinthefrontofathree-ringbinderandlookatfrequentlythroughoutthecoursetoremindyourselfthattheseareexactlytheconceptsthattheAPtestwillbetestingyouon.Thingsyoumightwanttoinclude: Lotsofcolors(toorganizeconcepts,notjusttomakeit“pretty”)
EssentialTerminologyinbold Examples ImagesorIllustrations FlowCharts
Definitions(ofmostimportantterms) Diagrams ShortbulletedlistsMaximumsize–frontsideORfrontandbackofasinglesheetofpaper(somemightbeonepageandothersmightbetwopages.That’sOK!)SubmityourworkasasinglePDFwiththesciencepracticeslabeled.Rubric
Haveyouincludedthemostimportantconceptsrelatingtoeachsciencepractice?
Haveyoudefinedimportantvocabulary?
Haveyouincludedexamples,eitherfromthevideosorfromothersources?
Areconceptsexplainedconciselyusinglists,diagrams,andflowcharts?
Haveyouusedvariouscolorsandimagestomakeyourworkeye-catching?Whenyou’refinished,[email protected]
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SciencePracticeVideos:
#1:ModelsandRepresentations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Nemz_cVew
#2:UsingMathematicsAppropriately https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgqYlSKoXak
#3:FormulateQuestions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zB272Ak63A
#4:DataCollectionStrategies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzTXnne40wU
#5:AnalyzeDataandEvaluateEvidence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JqukouOtZA
#6:ScientificExplanationsandTheories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gK1xWNM7kk
#7:ConnectingKnowledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l4bcs49JP8
Finally,nowthatyouhavemetHankfromCrashCourseandPaulAndersonfromBozemanScience,I’dliketointroduceyoutothethirdYouTubechannelthatwe’llusefrequentlyduringAPBiology:TheAmoebaSisters!TheAmoebaSister’svideosarecartoons,filledwithlittlejokesandmemesalongwithwackycharacters,butthescienceissolidandquitein-depth.Itwouldn’tsurprisemeifthischannelbecameyour“goto”reviewspotnextsemester!TheAmoebaSistersdiscuss“TheNatureofScience”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nAETHZTObk
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Name:__________________________________________________ Date:______________________ Block:__________APBiologyEssentialChemistryReview1. Contrastthetermelementwithcompound.
2. Knowthesymbolsofthefollowingelementsandtheircharge:a. Carbon
b. Hydrogen
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen
e. Phosphorus
f. Sulfur
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3. Labelthediagrambelowanddefinethetermsthatyoulabel.
4. Contrastthetermsatomicmassandatomicnumber.
5. Whatisthedifferencebetweenthetermsatomicmassandatomicweight?
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6. Whatisanisotopeandwhatis“special”aboutradioactiveisotopes?
7. Whatdeterminesinteractionsbetweenatoms?Whyarevalenceelectronsimportant?
8. Definethefollowingterms:
a. Chemicalbond
b. Covalentbond
c. Singlebond
d. Doublebond
e. Electronegativity
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f. Nonpolarcovalentbond
g. Polarcovalentbond
9. Whatisthedifferencebetweenastructuralandmolecularformula?
10. Knowboththemolecularandstructuralformulaforthefollowingcompounds.
a. Oxygengas
b. Carbondioxide
c. Glucose
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d. Phosphate
e. Ammonia
f. Water(youwouldbesurprisedathowmanypeoplemissedthis!!!)
11. Howdoionicbondscomparewithcovalentbonds?
12. CompareandcontrasthydrogenbondsandvanderWaalsinteractions.
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13. Defineadynamicchemicalequilibriumintermsofquantitiesofreactantsandproducts.
14. Whyiswaterconsideredapolarmolecule?
15. Foreachofthebelowlistedpropertiesofwater–brieflydefinethepropertyandthenexplainhowwater’spolarnatureandpolarcovalentbondscontributetothewaterspecialproperty.a. Cohesion
b. Adhesion
c. Surfacetension
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d. Highspecificheat
e. Heatofvaporization
f. Evaporativecooling
16. Whatisspecialaboutwateranddensity?
17. Explainhowthesepropertiesofwaterarerelatedtothephenomenadescribedinthestatementsbelow.Morethanonepropertymaybeusedtoexplainagivenphenomenon.
a. Duringthewinter,airtemperaturesinthenorthernUnitedStatescanremainbelow0°Cfor
months;however,thefishandotheranimalslivinginthelakessurvive.
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b. Manysubstances—forexample,salt(NaCl)andsucrose—dissolvequicklyinwater.
c. Whenyoupourwaterintoa25-mlgraduatedcylinder,ameniscusformsatthetopofthewater
column.
d. Sweatingandtheevaporationofsweatfromthebodysurfacehelpreduceahuman’sbodytemperature.
e. Waterdropsthatfallonasurfacetendtoformroundeddropsorbeads.
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f. Waterdropsthatfallonyourcartendtobeadorroundupmoreafteryoupolish(orwax)thecarthanbeforeyoupolishedit.
g. Ifyoutouchtheedgeofapapertoweltoadropofcoloredwater,thewaterwillmoveupinto
(orbeabsorbedby)thetowel.
18. Definethefollowingterms:
a. Solute
b. Solvent
c. Aqueoussolution
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d. Hydrophilic
e. Hydrophobic
f. Molarity
19. MOLARITY
Watchthesevideosforareviewoftheconceptofmolarity!http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Molarityandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7xi3SVbKw4&t=4s
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ExampleProblems1.Whatisthemolarityofasolutionformedby
mixing10.0gofH2SO4withenoughwatertomake0.100Lofsolution?
2.Toprepare10.5Lofa2.50MsolutionofKOH,howmanygramsofpotassiumhydroxidemustbe
used?
3.HowmanymolesofLiBrmustbeaddedto.650Lofwatertomakea2.0Msolution?
4.Whatisthemolarityofthesolutionproducedwhen145gofNaClisdissolvedinsufficientwater
toprepare2.75Lofsolution?
5.HowmanygramsofKClareneededtoprepare0.750Lofa1.50Msolution?
6.Whatisthemolarityofthesolutionproducedwhen.594molofHClisdissolvedin0.385Lof
water?
7.Toproduce3.00Lofa1.90Msolutionofsodiumhydroxide,howmanygramsofNaOHmustbe
dissolved?
8.If8.77gofKIaredissolvedinenoughwatertomake4.75Lofsolution,whatisthemolarityofthe
solution?
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20.LabelthediagrambelowtodemonstratethedissociationofthewatermoleculeandthenrelatethisdiagramtothetermpH.
21. Whatdefinesanacidandabase?
22. WhyaresmallchangesinpHsoimportantinbiology?
23. Whatisabuffer?Giveanexampleonhowtheywouldworkinalivingorganism.
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24. Whatisacidprecipitationandwhyisitimportanttolivingorganisms?25. Whatisspecialaboutcarbonthatmakesitthecentralatominthechemistryoflife?
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Name:__________________________________________________ Date:______________________ Block:__________APBiologyBiologyPrefixesandSuffixes-TheLanguageofScience
Themainreasonstudentsfinditdifficulttounderstandscienceisbecauseofallthehardtowrite,spellandreadwords.Actually,scientificvocabularyisamixofsmallwordsthatarelinkedtogethertohavedifferentmeanings.Ifyoulearnthemeaningsofthelittlewords,you'llfindscientificvocabularymucheasiertounderstand.FindthemeaningtothefollowingGreek/Latinrootwords.
Word Meaning
Word Meaning
a/an hemo
meso hyper
leuco hypo
aero intra
anti -itis
amphi lateral
aqua/hydro -logy
arthro -lysis
auto -meter
bi/di mono
bio morph
cephal micro
chloro macro
chromo multi/poly
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cide pod
cyto -phobia
derm -philia
haplo proto
ecto(exo) photo
endo psuedo
epi synthesis
gastro sub
genesis troph
herba therm
hetero tri
homo zoo,zoa
ov -tropism
kary -taxis
neuro -stasis
soma zyg/zygous
saccharo phago
primi/archea path/pathy
phyll sym/syn
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Onceyouhavecompletedtheabovetable,useittodevelopadefinition,inyourownwords,foreachofthefollowingterms.:
1. Hydrology__________________________________________________________________
2. Cytolysis_________________________________________________________________
3. Protozoa___________________________________________________________________
4. Epidermis__________________________________________________________________
5. Spermatogenesis___________________________________________________________
6. Exoskeleton________________________________________________________________
7. Abiotic____________________________________________________________________
8. Pathogen_________________________________________________________________
9. Pseudopod________________________________________________________________
10. Hemophilia_______________________________________________________________
11. Endocytosis______________________________________________________________
12. Herbicide________________________________________________________________
13. Anaerobic________________________________________________________________
14. Bilateral__________________________________________________________________
15. Autotroph_______________________________________________________________
16. Monosaccharide__________________________________________________________
17. Arthropod________________________________________________________________
18. Polymorphic______________________________________________________________
19. Hypothermia______________________________________________________________
20. Biogenesis________________________________________________________________
