Download AP Summer Assignment 2016

Sage Creek High School
AP Biology Summer Assignment 2016
Name ___________________________________
Period ___________________
The purpose of this summer assignment is to accomplish the following:
1) Familiarize yourself with the AP Biology Curriculum and the Four Big Ideas.
2) Research different Universities and what score is needed for transferable credit in college.
3) Read Chapters 1-4 and 14-15 in your AP Biology Textbook to learn a few vital Chemistry and Genetics
topics that will be needed for deeper understanding of the Molecular Biology topics covered next year.
4) Prepare you for your 1st AP Test which will be on the 1st day of school on biochemistry and genetics.
If you have questions over the summer, please email Mrs. Magee at [email protected] and I will try
and respond in a timely manner to clarify your misunderstandings.
It is expected that you work independently on this assignment and any form of academic dishonesty will be
considered for dismissal from the class.
Consider this paper your final copy of written answers. The AP Biology Test is primarily a writing test. You
may not type these answers as this is to help get you working on writing neat scientifically based answers.
Prepare all answers on scratch paper and only write your final draft of each answer on this sheet.
PURPOSE 1: Familiarize yourself with the AP Biology Curriculum and the Four Big Ideas using the College
Board website. (https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-biology)
1) What are three goals of the class based off of the Teaching Philosophy?
2) List the Four Big Ideas of AP Biology.
3) Explain how will the Big Ideas be related to each other?
4) Explain how Social Concerns will be a part of AP Biology.
5) What is the expectation of Laboratory time in AP Biology and how will Laboratory data be kept?
6) Explain the Format of the AP Biology Test. i.e. how much time, format of the test, % value, etc.
PURPOSE 2: Research different Universities and what score is needed for transferable credit in college.
-Choose five Universities that you have interest in attending and research if they accept AP Biology credit and
if so, what is the minimum score on the AP Biology Exam needed for credit. In addition, how much credit will
be given if that minimum score is met.
University 1:
University 2:
University 3:
University 4:
University 5:
PURPOSE 3 (Chemistry): Learn a few vital Chemistry topics that will be needed for deeper understanding of
the Molecular Biology topics covered next school year. (Especially needed for students who haven’t taken
chemistry)
Chemistry Topics:
-Ionic, Covalent Bonding, and Hydrogen Bonding
-Solutions (Especially Solute, Solvent, Acid, Base, and pH)
Read chapters 1-4 in your AP Biology textbook to help you better understand these concepts. You may also
watch the following Khan Academy videos to help supplement your learning.
Topic 1: Ionic and Covalent Bonding
Video: Ionic, Covalent, and Metallic Bonds
http://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/chemical-bonds/types-chemical-bonds/v/ionic-covalent-andmetallic-bonds
1) Using examples compare and contrast cations and anions.
2) Explain valence electrons using Fluorine as an example.
3) Explain how double bonds are formed between atoms.
4) Using examples, compare and contrast ionic and covalent bonds.
5) Explain how electronegativity determines bond strength.
6) Explain the chemistry behind hydrogen bonding. How do they form? Draw an example.
Topic 2: Solutions
Video: Solubility
http://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/states-of-matter-and-intermolecular-forces/states-ofmatter/v/solubility
Video: Acid Base Introduction
http://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/acids-and-bases-topic/acids-and-bases/v/acid-baseintroduction
Video: Definition of pH
http://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/acids-and-bases-topic/acids-and-bases/v/definition-of-ph
1) Define solubility based on bonding principles and predict what will happen when sugar and water are
mixed under high heat.
2) Explain the relationship between the pH of a solution and the concentration of hydrogen ions in the
solution.
3) Using an example, justify how if you know the pOH of a solution you can determine its pH.
4) Compare and contrast acids and bases.
5) Research the pH of four common beverages and relate them in order of increasing hydrogen ion
concentration.
6) Explain how buffers maintain a pH balance in human blood.
PURPOSE 3 (Genetics): Learn a few vital Genetics topics that will be needed for deeper understanding of the
Molecular Biology topics covered next school year. (Especially needed for students who haven’t taken Bio B)
Genetics Topics:
-Mendel and the Gene Idea (Ch 14)
-Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance (Sex Linked, Linked Genes, Chromosome Alterations) (Ch 15)
Read chapters 14-15 in your AP Biology textbook to help you better understand these concepts. Use may also
use crash course videos or Bozeman science videos from youtube.com to help you understand genetics.
1) Prior to Mendel’s work, it was commonly thought that traits from each parent blended to yield the traits
shown in the offspring. Explain how Mendel’s ideas about inheritance differ from what was previously thought.
2) Mendel used pea plants to conduct his studies on heredity. Explain why pea plants were a good study
organism for him to use.
3) Explain how the following terms are related: P generation, F1 generation, F2 generation, hybrid.
4) Create a diagram that illustrates the relationship among the following terms: gene, allele, genotype,
phenotype, heterozygous, homozygous, dominant, recessive.
5) Explain what the purpose of a test cross is.
6) Explain the differences between the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment.
7) What is true-breeding? Give an example.
8) Compare and contrast codominance and incomplete dominance.
9) What is a pedigree? Why are they useful to genetic counselors? (Make sure you can read a pedigree)
10) What are linked genes? Do linked genes sort independently? Explain.
11) Explain 4 different types of alterations of chromosome structure.
12) What are sex-linked traits? What is an example? (Make sure you can complete a cross)
13) Explain the difference between a monohybrid and a dihybrid cross. (Make sure you can complete both)
14) Cross a normal woman whose father is colorblind with a colorblind man. What are the chances that their
son will be colored blind? What are the chances their daughter will be a carrier? (Hint: Colorblind is sex-linked
and recessive)
15) Snapdragon flowers have incomplete dominance, if you crossed 2 pink snapdragons how many of their
offspring would be red, pink, or white?
16) Cross a homozygous tall, heterozygous brown hair man with a heterozygous tall, blonde woman. Show the
dihybrid cross and predict how many of their children would be heterozygous tall and heterozygous brown hair
if brown hair and tall are dominant traits.