PRINTversion2 - Packet 2 - AP Biology
PRINTversion2 - Packet 2 - AP Biology
PRINTversion2 - Packet 2 - AP Biology
2) Compare and contrast: covalent bonds, ionic bonds, and hydrogen bonds
4) Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids are the four major macromolecules that make up most
living things. For each of the four macromolecules, list:
5) Compare and contrast the structure of DNA and RNA. Provide at least three similarities and three
differences.
4) How does the carbon cycle help make carbon available to organisms?
5) Contrast how plants and animals acquire the nitrogen they need to survive.
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6) Using the diagram above as an example, explain the process of “dehydration synthesis.”
9) What does it mean when a phospholipid is described as being “amphipathic?” The above diagram might
help.
a) primary structure
b) secondary structure
c) tertiary structure
d) quaternary structure
nd 3’ in
15) What does it mean when two strands of DNA are described as “antiparallel?” Use the terms 5’ a
your answer.
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16) Using your knowledge of DNA, explain the significance of the data of Erwin Chargaff as shown in the table
below.
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AP Biology - Unit 2 - Cell Structure and Function - pages 5-10
1) The cell is the basic unit of life. Cells contribute to the organization of life and provide the environment in
which organelles function. Not all cells are the same. Briefly describe how the function of organelles within
a cell determines the function of that cell.
Use complete sentences to answer the following questions. You may use your textbook, old homework
assignments, vocabulary review, etc. to help answer the questions.
1. Describe the structure and function of the following: Ribosomes, Endoplasmic Reticulum(rough and smooth),
Golgi complex, Mitochondria, Lysosomes, Vacuoles, and Chloroplasts. Do not give analogies(ie. Protein factory,
powerhouse), describe the actual function.
2. Explain how the double membrane within Mitochondria and Chloroplasts help with their functions of metabolic
reactions (Cellular Respiration, and Photosynthesis). Include why increased surface area is important within both
organelles.
a) Compare surface area to volume of a cell. What happens to volume when surface area increases.
b) What can cells do to help increase surface area and/or decrease volume?
c) Calculate surface area, volume and the surface area : volume ratio for a rectangular solid
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d) Calculate surface area, volume and the surface area : volume ratio for a cube
e) Calculate surface area, volume and the surface area : volume ratio for a sphere
4. Label the following structures in the plasma membrane below: glycoprotein, glycolipid, phospholipids, protein,
cholesterol.
5. Label the hydrophilic heads in the diagram above. Explain the orientation of the heads in relation to the plasma
membrane.
6. Label the hydrophobic fatty acid tails in the diagram above. Explain the orientation of the tails in relationship to
the plasma membrane.
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7. Explain the role each component of the cell membrane has to the functioning of the cell.
Phospholipid
protein
cholesterol
glycoprotein
glycolipid
9. Explain how the structure of a molecule affects its ability to pass through the plasma membrane.
10. How does Polarity play a role in movement of molecules through the membrane?
11. Cell Walls also have permeability, what are some differences in cell wall composition from Plants,
Prokaryotes, and Fungi?
12. Identify the two types of passive transport and state which part of the plasma membrane is used for each type
of transport.
13. Describe the type of molecules that are able to pass through the cell membrane by simple diffusion and give
examples.
14. Describe the type of molecules that are able to pass through the cell membrane by facilitated diffusion and
give examples.
15. Describe how aquaporins work to all for water movement through cell walls.
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16. The value for Ψ in root tissue was found to be -3.3 bars. If you place the root tissue in a 0.1 M solution of
sucrose at 20°C in an open beaker, what is the Ψ of the solution, and in which direction would the net flow of
water be? Show your work. Hint: figure the solute potential of the sucrose, add it to the pressure potential for
water in an open beaker. Then compare that to the Ψ in the root tissue.
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17. NaCl dissociates into 2 particles in water: Na+ and Cl-. If the solution in question 1 contained 0.1 M NaCl
instead of 0.1 M sucrose, what is the Ψ of the solution, and in which direction would the net flow of water be? Hint:
remember to check the ionization number. Then figure the ΨS and the Ψ for the solution, and then compare it to
the Ψ for the root.
18. A red blood cell has a ΨS of -4.4 bars. It is placed in a solution of .3M glucose. What will happen to the cell?
19. Membranes and membrane-bound organelles in eukaryotic cells compartmentalize intracellular metabolic
processes and specific enzymatic reactions. Identify the organelles that compartmentalize intracellular metabolic
processes AND state the processes that are occurring
A. Identify two organelles that contain internal membranes AND state the process that occur in each
organelle.
B. Explain how the folding of the internal membrane is beneficial to carrying out the process.
A. Describe similarities and differences and compartmentalization between prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells
1) Why energy? How do organisms capture, store, and regulate the use of energy in their environments? Be
sure to include both Autotrophs, Heterotrophs, and Chemotrophs.
2 ) Describe the properties of an enzyme. What macromolecule group do they belong to?
5) Define denaturation. Explain how changes in pH can denature enzymes. What is the equation relating pH to
H+?
6) Sketch graphs of the effects of temperature, concentration, and pH on enzyme activity. Indicate the optimal
range on each graph. Relate the effect of temperature to enzyme structure.
8) Why are exergonic and endergonic reactions coupled in biochemical pathways? Why are these pathways
sequential?
9) Why is energy needed by organisms? This should be centered on the cellular level.(ie. Not to grow and live)
3.5 - Photosynthesis
10) What is the overall process of photosynthesis? Which organisms evolved this process first? What evidence
supports that idea?
11) What is the role of chlorophylls in the light-dependent reactions? What are the inputs and outputs of these
processes? What are Photosystems I and II and how are they related? Explain the importance of the ETC and
ATP synthase. What are the inputs and products of the Calvin cycle?
12) How are fermentation and cellular respiration similar and different? Which organisms carry out these
processes?
13) What is the role of the ETC in cellular respiration? Where does the ETC occur in eukaryotes? Prokaryotes?
What are the electron carriers? What is the final electron acceptor?
14) Make a chart of the inputs and products of glycolysis, ETC, Krebs cycle. Include cellular location.
3.7 - Fitness
16) In the evolutionary sense, List 3 organisms that have high fitness and explain why? List 3 organisms that have
a relatively low fitness and why?
17) Organisms have several differing types of chlorophylls. Explain how this variation enables these organisms to
have a greater fitness.
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AP Biology - Unit 4 - Cell Communication and Cell Cycle - pages 13-15
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1) Think back to first learning about organelles in Baby Bio. Which organelle do you think is the most
important in Cell Communication? Defend your answer, referencing how the structure of this organelle
supports its function.
3) We generally divide mitosis into 5 phases. List them with a brief summary of the main event of each
phase.
1) Cells can communicate with other cells in different ways, depending on how close together they
are (proximity). Describe and give one example of each of the four methods of cellular
communication (also called cell signalling):
○ Juxtacrine
○ Autocrine
○ Paracrine
○ Endocrine
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2) This figure represents an example of cell communication in the form of a signal transduction pathway.
Signal transduction pathways function as a link between signal reception and cellular responses -
think of this as a flow chart. Put the following statements in order so that they describe what is
happening in the pathway above from left to right:
A. Response occurs - in this case, protein synthesis.
B. Ligand (a chemical messenger shaped like a little guitar pick, in this case) travels
towards the receptor protein.
C. Signal travels from the plasma membrane to the nucleus.
D. Binding of the ligand and the receptor protein triggers a cascade that may change
the shape of the signal.
E. Ligand and receptor protein bind, triggering a signal.
3) These pathways influence how cells respond to their environment. These responses may include
changes in gene expression, cell function, phenotype, or even trigger apoptosis. Choose one of the
examples below to research and explain in a paragraph how your choice illustrates signal transduction:
● Mating pheromones
● Ethylene levels in fruit
● HOX genes and their role in human development (& other organisms)
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4) Refer back to the diagram in Section 4.2. Describe what you think could happen if a mutation
occurred in this process. Include in your answer a real-world example of a human (or other animal)
disorder that is caused by a breakdown in cell communication.
4.5 - Feedback - Organisms use feedback mechanisms to maintain their internal environments and
respond to internal and external environmental changes.
5) Describe the difference between a positive feedback mechanism and a negative feedback
mechanism.
○ Interphase → G1 =
● S =
● G2 =
○ Mitosis = (Done! You did this in 5 words or less above!)
○ Cytokinesis =
9) Describe how the cell cycle is regulated and discuss ONE consequence of abnormal regulation.
● Hint: It would be very helpful to do a quick sketch of the cell cycle for yourself, and noting where
all the checkpoints are located - and what step does NOT proceed if the checkpoint is NOT
passed.
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5) When does “crossing over” occur, and what is its significance to organisms?
6) What is the relationship between surface-area-to-volume ratio and proper cell function?
7) Explain what happens during each of the following steps of the cell cycle:
● interphase
● prophase
● metaphase
● anaphase
● telophase
● cytokinesis
5.1 - Meiosis
1) Describe similarities and/ or differences between the phases and outcomes of mitosis and meiosis.
2) Explain how meiosis results in the transmission of chromosomes from one generation to the next.
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b) Crossing over
c) Random assortment
Lets review!
iv. Statistical significance is the likelihood that a relationship between two or more
variables is caused by something other than chance. Statistical significance is used
to accept or reject the null hypothesis, which hypothesizes that there is no
relationship between measured variables (observed and expected).SCIENTISTS
DO NOT WANT RANDOMNESS!!!!
c. Example:
i. Biologists wish to cross pairs of tobacco plants having genetic makeup Gg,
indicating that each plant has one dominant gene G and one recessive gene g for
color. Each offspring plant will receive one gene for color from each parent. The
Punnett Square shows the possible combinations of genes received by the offspring
v. CONCLUSION:
1. Reject Null hypothesis, There is a statistical significant difference
between observed and expected.
2. CAN YOU BE 99% CONFIDENT?
5) Explain how shared, conserved, fundamental processes and features support the concept of common
ancestry for all organisms.
a) Law of Segregation:
ii) The Sum Rule: For mutually exclusive event X and Y, the probability (P) that one of them
will occur (X or Y) is P(X) + P(Y)
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7a) A pea plant with red flowers is mated with a pea plant with white flowers. Half of the offspring
have red flowers, and half have white. If the allele for red flower color is dominant to the allele for
white flower color, what were the genotypes of the parents?
7b) Suppose a pea plant has three alleles for flower-color, red, yellow, and white. Red is dominant
to yellow and white, and yellow is dominant to white. If a plant with one red allele and one white
allele is mated to a plant with one yellow allele and one white allele:
What percentage of the offspring will have red flowers?
What percentage of the offspring will have yellow flowers?
What percentage of the offspring will have white flowers?
7c) In humans, there is a gene locus for blood type. The three alleles are A, B, and O. A and B are
codominant to each other and dominant to O. Genotypes AA and AO give blood type A. Genotypes
BB and BO give blood type B. Genotype AB gives blood type AB. And genotype OO gives blood
type O. A man of genotype AB marries a woman of genotype BO. If they have eight children:
On average, how many will have blood type A?
On average, how many will have blood type B?
On average, how many will have blood type AB?
7d) A woman with blood type B marries a man with blood type O. If they have a child of blood type
O, what is the probability that the mother's genotype is BO? If they have a child of blood type B,
can you compute the probability that the mother's genotype is BO; that the mother's genotype is
BB? Why?/why not?
7e) Two carriers for the mutant CF allele marry and have a child. What is the probability that the
child will have CF; that the child will be phenotypically normal; that the child will be a phenotypically
normal carrier?
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a) Sex-linked traits
b) Multiple genes
c) Non-nuclear inheritance
9) Explain how the same genotype can result in multiple phenotypes under different environmental conditions
(examples: Height and weight in humans, Flower color based on soil pH)
10) Explain how chromosomal inheritance generates genetic variation in sexual reproduction.
11) What occurs when single or mutated alleles, or specific chromosomal changes happen?
2) Briefly describe what occurs during the processes of transcription and translation.
1) What is the advantage of having a single circular chromosome (prokaryotes)? Are there any advantages
to having multiple linear chromosomes (eukaryotes)?
2) What are plasmids? How are they used by organisms, and how are they used in biotechnology
experiments?
6.2 - Replication
3) Using the above diagram as a reference, explain how DNA is replicated using the following terms: leading
strand, lagging strand, 5’, 3’, RNA primer, Okazaki fragment, DNA polymerase, helicase, ligase
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4) Both replication and transcription start out with DNA as a template. Which process is being shown in the
above diagram? Use three specific observations to justify your answer.
5) What changes must be made to pre-mRNA (in step 2 above) before it can leave the nucleus and be
translated at a ribosome?
6.4 - Translation
10) What are operons? Why do only prokaryotes have operons, while eukaryotes have to use other methods
to regulate gene expression?
11) Gene expression can be “turned on” by the presence of an inducer. Use the lac operon to explain how an
inducible system of genes works. The diagrams above (key on the right, and a diagram of an operon
while lactose is present) may help.
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12) Explain how the epigenetic processes of methylation and histone modification can lead to changes in gene
expression. (NOTE: If you are struggling to understand epigenetics, the YouTube video “Why Women Are
Stripey” should be helpful!)
13) Explain how the binding of transcription factors to promoter regions affects gene expression and/or the
phenotype of the organism.
15) A cell in the heart is genetically identical to a cell in the stomach, despite the two cells having drastically
different structures and functions. How can the differences in these cells be explained despite their
genetic similarities?
6.7 - Mutations
17) In an organism, explain how a mutation can have a positive effect, negative effect, or a neutral effect.
18) How does the process of horizontal/lateral gene transfer lead to genetic diversity?
6.8 - Biotechnology
20) According to the gel electrophoresis results shown below, who are the parents of Individual 2? Explain
how you reached your conclusion.