SAT II Bio Study Thread

<p>Ovulated or Fertilized? Are we the only ones answerin questions lol?</p>

<p>How detailed is the test? Do we really need to know about all various Phylums in each Kingdom (Apicomplexa, ciliophora, phaeophyta, etc.)? Also, how detailed is it in terms of knowing body parts (Chapter 9, Section 1 on Sparknotes looks MENACING: <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/biology/chapter9section1.rhtml)?%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/biology/chapter9section1.rhtml)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Yea, you have to know the phylumms, but by their common name for all the protists. As for the link it doesn't work.</p>

<p>You don't have to memorize all the steps of glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, elecron transport chain, or photosynthesis. You just have to know the beggining and end products and their place in the whole scheme of things.</p>

<p>Bleh, I was hoping we didn't have to know all the phylums and what not (I hate memorizing Protista...).</p>

<p>That long section I was talking about basically talks about all the inner workings of the nervous system, endocrine system, digestive system, excretory system, etc. I really had a tough time memorizing the details of these systems during AP Bio last year (Ugh, I shudder at hearing the word "nephron").</p>

<p>To check the link, go to Section 9.0 (Then click on 9.1) on the SAT Biology page on sparknotes.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/biology/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/biology/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>i took the bio test from cb's official handbook, it included questions on different kind of plant cells that i've never heard of, which neither sparknotes or kaplan mentioned.</p>

<p>the curve seems to be more lenient tho.</p>

<p>and definitely memorize the hormones...they show up EVERY freaking time.</p>

<p>Is this correct:
Peripheral Nervous System -- Central Nervous System</p>

<p>PNS:
Sensory -- Motor</p>

<p>Motor:
Somatic -- Automatic</p>

<p>Automatic:
Parasympathetic -- Sympathetic</p>

<p>Parasympathetic (What hormone?):
"Rest and digest"</p>

<p>Sympathetic (Norepinephrine or epinephrine):
"Fight or flight"</p>

<p>Where does acetylcholine fit into this, if the above is correct?</p>

<p>acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter released at autonomic synapses and neuromuscular junctions</p>

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i took the bio test from cb's official handbook, it included questions on different kind of plant cells that i've never heard of, which neither sparknotes or kaplan mentioned.

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<p>Could this be mesophyll, parenchyma, etc??</p>

<p>aren't the mesophyll and parenchyma essentially the same thing?</p>

<p>I've never heard of these terms what are they?</p>

<p>plant cell types, such as companion cells, trichome, sclerenchyma and vessel elements</p>

<p>do we have to know the enzymes in stomach/small intestine that help to digest food?</p>

<p>HCl, pepsin, rennin in stomach.</p>

<p>sucrase, matase, lactase, trypsin, chymotrypsin, etc - small intestine</p>

<p>I suppose having an idea of what they do is enough, not sure though.</p>

<p>rennin is an enzyme which causes milk to coagulate (to change from fluid to solid).</p>

<p>for those who wanted to know.</p>

<p>next question:</p>

<p>list the organs that result from the mesoderm, ectoderm, and endoderm.</p>

<p>endoderm- inside linings of stomach, lungs, liver</p>

<p>mesoderm- muscle and bones</p>

<p>ectoderm- brain, nervous system, eyes, skin, hair, nails</p>

<p>it's tomorrow. gl to everyone.</p>

<p>whoever gets home first should start an aim chatroom so we can compare answers and ***** about the test together :)</p>

<p>good luck all, around 9 hours for me.</p>

<p>Yea lets start this AIM chat and around 15 hours 15 minutes for me.</p>

<p>about 16 hours for me!!!! ahh im scared</p>