<p>I was wondering how much about the 5 kingdoms I need to memorize for the test. Do we need to know the various phyla of each kingdom? or is background info enough? </p>
<p>I'm using Cliff's AP Bio study to prep right now... and it has a lot of details about each kingdom... should I memorize them all?</p>
<p>Also, is there a book which does a particularly good job with the 5 kingdoms, or is Cliff's my best bet? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I made a 760 on Bio: E.</p>
<p>You really only need to know the basic characteristics that are associated with each kingdom member.</p>
<p>Princeton Review books are good, especailly for practice tests</p>
<p>I think you need to know the major plant phylums and the phylogeny of the kingdom plantae. So know byrophytes->pteridophytes->gymosperms->angiosperms. And know some of the phyla in each like coniferaphyta for gymnosperms. Then the angiosperm classes dicot and monocot.</p>
<p>Then you should know ascomycota and basidiomycota for fungi. For protists you should know apicomplexa aka sporozoa, rizopoda, and euglenaphyta atleast. </p>
<p>For animals, you should know porifera, mollusca, arthropoda, chordata, echinoderma, annelids, platyhelminth, and nematods. Know the classes of the vertebrae subphylum of phylum chordata and its phylogeny.</p>