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CP Biology Final Exam Study Guide
Prepare for the Midyear exam by completing this study guide as early as possible. If you can accomplish
each of the tasks listed below, you stand an excellent chance of doing well on the exam. The exam will
be scheduled during a 75 minute period.
To prepare for this exam – which makes up ten percent of your annual grade – you will need four things:
1. Past chapter tests – It would be a good idea to review these because the questions on the
midyear assessment, while not the same as the chapter tests, will assess the same content.
2. Chapter Notes – You have, or will have, chapter notes for every chapter to be assessed by the
midyear. In effect, you have been creating a study guide for the midyear all along. Especially
review the vocabulary. Biology is like any language – you have to know what the words mean if
you are to speak it well.
3. Cornell Notes – The more effort you put in to listening and understanding the lectures, the better
your odds in doing well on this or any exam.
4. Your ebook – No shortcuts here. At minimum, you should read again chapters 10, 11, 16, 3, 4
and 5
As often as you can, spend time reviewing this material. You may wish to utilize index cards to study the
vocabulary words. This will reduce your stress level and help ensure your knowledge of the material. It is
also recommended that you write responses to the questions and tasks below on separate notepaper.
Review your Chapter Notes. Please feel free to clarify information with your teacher at any time.
The midyear exam will consists of multiple choice questions, sentence completion, science skills and
essays/paragraph response.
Every student is expected to complete this midyear study guide. It will be collected at the time of the
examination; however, it will not be graded.
The passing grade for the midyear examination is 65 percent. Any student who scores 60 percent or less
must, at an appointed time, demonstrate basic competency to the teacher’s satisfaction. Before
satisfying any competency requirement, a student must have completed the midyear study guide. Only
then will competency commence.
Chapter 10, Cell Growth and Division
1. Use the surface area to volume ratio to explain why cells are microscopic in size.
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2. Explain the end result of mitosis.
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3. Identify each mitotic phase from a photograph or drawing.
Draw and label the mitotic phases below:
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4. Contrast cytokinesis of plant and animal cells.
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5. Describe how the cell cycle is regulated, both internal and external regulators.
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6. Define cancer in terms of cell cycle regulation.
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Chapter 11, Introduction to Genetics
1. Differentiate between true-breeding and cross pollination.
2. Distinguish dominant alleles from recessive alleles.
3. Explain why recessive alleles disappear in the F1 generation but reappear in the F2 generation.
4. Explain the role of gametes in segregation.
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5. Distinguish dominant alleles from recessive alleles.
6. Use a Punnett square to determine the genetic outcome of genetic crosses.
7. Identify a genotype as either homozygous or heterozygous, dominant or recessive.
8. Predict the probability of a genetic outcome from the results of a Punnett square.
9. Complete a punnett square of a two-factor cross F1 and F2.
10. Recite Mendel’s principles.
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11. Distinguish diploid from haploid.
12. Draw the phases of meiosis in order, describing the events of each phase.
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Chapter 15, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
1. Explain the Catholic Church’s View toward evolution.
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2. Describe Darwin’s observations taken from his visits to South America and the Galapagos (
patterns of diversity, living organisms and fossils, birds, land totoises and marine iguanas of the
Galapagos).
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3. What were Hutton and Lyell’s main ideas that describe geologic change.
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4. Summarize Darwin’s Theory
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1. Define the term population
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2. Identify and explain the five conditions needed to maintain genetic equilibrium (Hardy Weinberg
Equilibrium)
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Unit 2 – Ecology
Chapter 3 The Biosphere
Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities
Chapter 5 Populations
Learning Objectives:
1. List and describe the levels of ecological organization.
2. Describe three methods for researching ecology.
3. Identify the ultimate source of energy in ecological systems.
4. Describe the flow of energy through living systems.
5. Draw, describe and differentiate between food chains, food webs and trophic levels.
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6. Construct an ecological pyramid.
7. Identify the ultimate source of energy in ecological systems.
8. Describe the flow of energy through living systems.
9. Describe the “Rule of 10” in a biological pyramid.
10. Draw and describe the water cycle.
11. Draw and describe the nutrient cycles: carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.
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12. Discuss the implications of limiting nutrients to ecological systems.
13. Describe the greenhouse effect and its impact upon the biosphere’s temperature range.
14. Identify abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem.
15. Describe how these factors influence an ecosystem.
16. Describe the ecological niche concept.
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17. Describe the ecological community interactions of competition, predation and symbiosis.
18. Distinguish between primary and secondary succession.
19. Of the biomes, list and describe the abiotic factors, dominant plants, dominant wildlife and
geographic distribution that distinguishes one biome from another.
20. Identify and describe the four main factors that govern aquatic and marine ecosystems.
1. Describe characteristics used to describe a population.
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2. Explain the factors that affect population size.
3. Explain the concepts of exponential and logistic growth.
25. Describe density-dependent and density-independent factors that limit population size.
26. Trace the historical growth of the global human population.
Essay/Paragraph Response questions: Below are five possible questions. You will not know which
questions will be on the final exam. Therefore, you should prepare to answer all of them. Your answers
must be detailed. As you are being given advance notice of the questions, expectations for the quality of
your responses will be high.
1. Explain the difference between the scientific meaning of “theory” and the concept
that “evolution
is just a theory”. Explain the evidence in favor of evolution, including fossil record geographic
distribution, homologous body structures and similarities of embryology. Review the Catholic
Church’s view of evolution and discuss whether there is a conflict between Catholicism and
evolution.
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2. Compare and contrast prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Give an example of each cell. Describe the
function of each of the following organelles: chloroplasts, mitochondria, nucleus, and cell
membrane. Which of these structures are you likely to find in a plant cell? An animal cell? A
bacteria cell?
3. What was Darwin’s greatest contributions to science and how did he develop it? Name three
people that influenced Darwin and how? Why did it take so long for Darwin to publish his theory?
4. Connect the following phrases into a coherent essay on evolution by natural selection: the
struggle for existence; survival of the fittest; and, descent with modification. Do not simply define
these phrases. You must work through Darwin’s thought process, logically connected the first
phrase with the second and the third. Include in your essay definitions of the following terms:
adaptation, natural selection and common descent. Requires four to seven paragraphs.
5. Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis. Begin with a comparison of the results of each
process – at the end, how would you describe the cells. Then present an overview of the stages
of the two processes. Third, identify the similarities of the “mechanics” of the two processes – do
they use some of the same cellular organelles and structures to get the job done? Fourth,
explain how the process of meiosis reduces the number of chromosomes in half.
Study Tactics for CP Biology Final
To the student:
You may benefit from following these common sense steps in preparing for chemistry tests and quizzes.
Check those steps which you accomplished while studying.
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Read your Cornell Notes.
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Read your Chapter Notes.
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Review all the PowerPoint lecture slides for the chapters. You can find them on Moodle.
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Read all the illustrations and captions – sometimes test questions can come from these.
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Read the book carefully and in-depth at least twice – without distractions.
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Did not wait to start preparing until the evening before the test.
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Completed the section assessment questions – be honest with yourself.
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Completed the chapter assessment questions – do this the evening before.
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Checked memorization of vocabulary – use the list of vocabulary found in the chapter notes; ask
a friend to quiz you.
Other (describe):
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