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AP Biology
Chapter 1 Guided Reading Assignment
Name _________________________
1. Explain the properties of life listed below:
a. Order
b. Evolutionary adaptation
c. Response to the environment
d. Regulation
e. Energy processing
f. Growth and development
g. Reproduction
2. Describe how energy flows through and ecosystem. Can energy be recycled?
3. What is the relationship between genes, DNA, and cells as the basic unit of structure and
function in living organisms?
4. Explain the concept of emergent properties and how they relate to “being alive”.
5. What is feedback and how does it relate to regulation?
6. Why is it said that “Evolution is the unifying theme of biology?”
7. What are the elements of a well designed controlled experiment? List and define these terms.
8. How is the term theory used in science?
Video Review
Bozeman Science: (you can also do a video search for “Bozeman Science Biology”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibhnP5suqK8
1. What are the 4 Big Ideas of biology?
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2. What was Darwin’s special contribution to the idea of Evolution? Give an example.
3. Diagram the flow of free energy and label each step.
4. What is homeostasis?
5. What is the molecule of information?
6. Explain the central dogma of life.
7. What is the hierarchy of life?
Bozeman Science: (you can also do a video search for “Bozeman Science Scientific Method”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKGtkzgKfkc&index=8&list=PLhWQfyIjGDq5guhBNmYeYjt3UEm
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*The history lesson is not important for this course.
1. What is the purpose of the scientific method?
2. What is the first step in the scientific method?
3. How does a hypothesis address the first step?
4. The experiment is broken into identifiable variables. What are they? Define each one.
5. Design a simple experiment of your own and identify the variables using the variables listed in
your previous answer.
6. What is the difference between the control group and experimental group? Why is the control
group ESSENTIAL?
7. When graphing your data, which axis is for the independent variable? Which axis is for the
dependent variable?
8. Is re-testability required for the scientific method? Explain your answer.
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