is it important to know the different sections of them brain thoroughly? I am familiar with the hypothalamus but idk if i need to know about the other ones?
@Kitsyxoxo , by “proigree table” did you mean a pedigree?
To the person who asked about timing and the mc test, I finished right on the dot and got a 47/58 on the mc. I’m self studying, and to be honest I don’t think you require anything beyond a basic biology class knowledge to do these problems. This was on the 2013 mc exam linked before btw.
Should I know the Reproductive System and Embryology for the exam? Also, for those using the 7th edition Campbell book, are Chapters 18 (Genetics of Viruses/Bacteria) and 19 (Eukaryotics Genomes) important? To be honest, my teacher never went over those chapters, and Chapter 19 confuses me so much…
Does anyone know how the free response is scored? I’ve looked at my Princeton review book, but it never says how many points each short free response (not the long ones) question is out of, it only tells you the you get a certain number of points per bit of info you put in your response.
@lorax19 I think you should be familiar with the different names of the lobes as well as the medulla, pons, hypothalamus, and cerebellum. As for the lobes’ functions… probably not. Each bio textbook I’ve looked at has different functions listed for the parietal, temporal, and frontal lobes, which share many of the same functions.
Hello–
Can anyone post essential topics to know for the exam tomorrow?
Needless to say, my teacher is terrible… We haven’t even learned Chi-square, PLANTS, and other things.
Thanks a lot.
Anyone know what type of calculator is permitted on the test and what writing utensil we are supposed to use for the FRQs?
Only four function calculators are allowed. No trig functions, only square roots are allowed @themoneyteam
Are we allowed to write during the 10 minute reading period of the free response section?
is anatomy like heart structures on the exam? my teacher said no
I heard you can but not actually write on the lines for the actual frq provided.
@TopOne No. If they ask anything outside of immune, nervous and endocrine, they will provide background info
Generally speaking, which part of the AP exam do you think is more challenging, the FRQs or the MC?
@AnniiT I find the MC to be harder. FRQ tends to be easier for me since our teacher had us practice more for the FRQ
Do you know any specific topics that will definitely appear on the FRQs? I’m pretty nervous for that and am afraid I won’t know what to write for some of the FRQs.
@DyrannosaurusRex Are you sure they will provide background info for systems other than immune, endocrine, and nervous because all the review books I have seen so far say that you need to know about all other systems. And apparently there is a pretty big emphasis on the excretory system
@AnniiT No idea, but going through the released FRQs can help. When I did that, I realized I did know most of the information but didn’t use the appropriate vocab/terms that I took for granted
is remembering the labs significant?
@themoneyteam I’m fairly sure. Page 70 of the AP Biology Framework says we only need to know endocrine, immune, and nervous