<p>I feel like I have the MC section down, but the free response still worries me a little. What topics do you guys expect to see, or find likely? Anyone's teachers predict response topics?
Personally... I'm just hoping, no glycolysis.</p>
<p>I am also interested in hearing predictions/teacher predictions</p>
<p>The following:
biochemistry
animal response lab
embryology
cladograms
genetics
meiosis/mitosis</p>
<p>How accurate are Cliffs predictions for what to study for the FRQ. They give like 15 concepts that you should know, do you think that is reliable? I think I have pretty good understanding on all of them, except for muscle contraction. I can’t get muscle contraction down at all.</p>
<p>I’m so lost in regards to muscle contraction. All that comes to mind is “myosin and actin; ATP binds somewhere; the filaments slide.” :p</p>
<p>My teacher kept on going off on how it was going to be on DNA/Genetics because of the Swine Flu, but I don’t trust her that much (she also said we needed to get 85% of the total points to get a 5).</p>
<p>^ I doubt it’s gonna be DNA/Genetics b/c of the Swine Flu. If I’m not mistaken, these exams are created years before.</p>
<p>Two years ago botany was the focus, last year it was taxonomy/ecology (blahh), I’m thinking this year it will be on animal systems. Maybe back to the basic biochem and cells.</p>
<p>^ I WOULD LOVE THAT. I love animal systems. And cells. I hope that’s what they are…</p>
<p>OH MY GOD i hope it isn’t animal systems. Wait, I take that back. I’m okay if it’s on the basic systems, but if it’s on nervous, endocrine, or immune systems, I am so screwed.</p>
<p>I think a lot of you are failing to realize that there is one FRQ from one of each of three major areas: Molecules/Cells, Genetics and Evolution, and Organisms and Populations (animal structures, taxonomy, plants, reproduction, animal behavior, ecology). </p>
<p>So yes, you’re definitely going to have some sort of cell/chemistry question (respiration, photosynthesis, division, cells in general, etc.); one genetics or evolution question; and one question related to any of the topics in parentheses at the end of the last paragraph.</p>
<p>The way I prepared was to make sure that I had no more than one weak point in each of those three major areas. Therefore, odds are in my favor that I’m going to get an FRQ that I know fairly well.</p>