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AP BIOLOGY
FRQ SET-3
Ch 9, 10, 11, 12
LONG FRQs –
YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE THESE OUT, BUT YOU STILL NEED TO STUDY THEM 
Ch 10(photosynthesis)
1) Describe the biochemical pathways of the light and dark reactions in C3 photosynthesis. Begin with a
water molecule and CO2 and end with a molecule of glucose.
Answer is in Cliff notes
2) Discuss how C4 and CAM photosynthesis improve upon C3 photosynthesis. Include both advantages
AND disadvantages of the processes. Describe appropriate leaf anatomy to complete your discussion.
Answer is in Cliff notes
3) Ch 12 (Mitosis and Cell cycle)
1)
Describe the process of cell division in plants and animals giving specific attention to the
following:
a) The stages of mitosis, cytokinesis, and other phases of the cell cycle( do not include meiosis)
b) Factors that induce cells to divide
c) Factors that might contribute to abnormal cell divisions such as cancers
Answer is in Cliff notes
SHORT FRQs
YOU NEED TO HAND WRITE THESE QUESTIONS
1) Does Cell respiration always need to start with a carbohydrate? Justify your answer.
2) Describe chemiosmosis. Draw & label a diagram of the mitochondria to explain chemiosmosis.
3) There are a variety of light absorbing pigments. In 2-3 sentences explain the purpose of having a
variety of light absorbing pigments.
Answer is in Cliff notes
4) During non cyclic photophosphorylation, electrons from the splitting of water populate
photosystem-2. In 2-3 sentences explain where these electrons from water eventually end up.
Answer is in Cliff notes
5) Describe what is happening in the Calvin cycle.
6) Briefly describe an example of how plant and animal cells participate in cell signaling.
7) Outline the 3 stages of cell signaling.
8) Describe briefly the structure of a G protein receptor. Explain how it involved in the signal
transduction pathway.
9) The cell cycle is strictly regulated by various processes. In 2-3 sentences, describe what goes
wrong when a cell is overtaken by cancer. (Answer is in Cliff notes)
10) Cancer cells are free of both density-dependent inhibition and anchorage dependence. What does
that mean?