<p>… You know you’re unprepared when you have no idea wth the poster above you is saying… hahaha</p>
<p>I’m sorry to interrupt the question process, but I would like to talk about the use of mnemonics that may help us remember the mundane things, but may still help us get some extra points on the MC and FRQ.</p>
<p>Here are some of mine.</p>
<p>TESCIA - Six functions of proteins.</p>
<p>Batman doesn’t really have superpowers, so he has to dress like a bad*** so that others think he’s formidable - Batesian mimicry (you know that Mullerian mimicry has to be the dangerous one)</p>
<p>Catex down / Anen up - Catabolic reactions are exergonic and end up with products with lower energy than the reactants / Anabolic reactions are endergonic and end up with products that have higher energy than the reactants.</p>
<p>Of course, Dumb King Philip Comes Over For Great Sex.</p>
<p>B Cells have to be b***** to kill pathogens and T Cells are Thinkers that think only of themselves and remove/reject foreign material.</p>
<p>I know that there are more. Did you like these? Can anybody provide more?</p>
<p>Oh, and feel free to continue answering the questions.</p>
<p>Umm…I don’t know the difference between pterophytes and lycophytes. I’ll have to look that up…</p>
<p>EXons are EXpressed, INtrons stay IN the nucleus</p>
<p>@JFetrov - Those are pretty good ways to remember some of the info. My teacher used the King Philip one in class (someone I switched King Philip for Katy Perry :D).</p>
<p>@sunwave: Another variation to that one is EXons are EXpressed, INtrons INtervene and are IN the way.</p>
<p>There are so many alternatives to remembering the classification of organisms. The one I always remembered is Kings Play Checkers On Fat Girls’ Stomachs. If perverted mnemonics are easier for you, then there’s: Kinky People Can Often Find Good Sex (it’s true!). :p</p>
<p>In a neuron, the gnats (Na) come into the house. Disturbed after a ton of gnats come in, the cats (K) in the house leave.</p>
<p>NADH vs NADPH- the P stands for photosynthesis</p>
<p>small intestine- david, isaac, and jane (duodenum, ileum, jejunum)</p>
<p>sticky stigma</p>
<p>The first codon in translation is AUG (school starts in AUGust)</p>
<p>A2T C3G Two hydrogen bonds between A and T, three hydrogen bonds between C and G. Purines on the outside.
DJI- Duodenum, Jejunum, Illeum.
Arteries on top.</p>
<p>One that would be REALLY helpful is the path of blood, including oxygenation and deoxygenation, throughout the circulatory system. </p>
<p>Also helpful would be something about the endocrine system hormones and their functions.</p>
<p>Guys what am I looking at right now with 70 on mc?</p>
<p>^a 5. Just make sure to have decent (and I mean decent, not great) FRQ’s.</p>
<p>what’s the cutoff # for a 5? on the mc?</p>
<p>Whatever the cutoff is, you’re definitely on your way to a 5. Great job! :)</p>
<p>anyone gonna skim/leave out taxonomy…that is really getting on my nerves…if i find out that only a few mc questions are asked on, im gonna save a few hours not studying it…anyone know how much % of the exam is taxonomy?</p>
<p>It’s supposed to be about 8, but what if one of the FRQs is taxonomy?</p>
<p>^
Yeah that’s what I was thinking…has it ever been before? I guess i’ll just suffer through it and learn it, maybe i could learn 2-3 kingdoms and the differences/similarities between them…</p>
<p>anyone have any predictions for what the FRQ could be ?</p>
<p>spec. form B? my teachers are usually pretty good at predicting, so ill find out next time i have class, but i was wondering what urs were saying</p>
<p>Our teacher said that you really don’t need to know all of the specific taxa and clades. For protists you should understand the endosymbiotic theory in relation to life on early earth. You should know the evolutionary history of plants, and maybe a brief history of animals.</p>
<p>^ Yes. Plants are a huge part of the exam. I don’t know why though.</p>
<p>I always confuse gymnosperms and angiosperms…</p>
<p>As for pterophytes and lycophytes…</p>
<p>Pterophytes include three groups, which are ferns, horsetails, and whisk ferns. (Mnemonic > Pterophytes = Pteroferns! Pterophytes are basically ferns and their cousins.) Lycophytes include club mosses, spike mosses, and quillworts. (Mnemonic > Lycophytes = Lycomosses! Lycophytes are basically mosses and their cousins.)</p>
<p>Pterophytes and lycophytes, however, are both seedless, vascular plants. They also produce spores that germinate into gametophytes.</p>
<p>All right here’s a question.</p>
<p>Compare gymnosperms and angiosperms. Then make a mnemonic that will be easily remembered by you or other AP Bio exam-takers.</p>
<p>Angiosperms are flowering plants, and gymnospores (typically) produce cones. Almost everything you need to know about plant reproduction pertains to angiosperms.</p>
<p>and lol I just thought of one</p>
<p>In DNA, guanine pairs with cytosine, G-C
So just think of G-C as Gymnospores-Cones</p>