Free-Response AP Bio Flashcards
What are the 9 common AP Biology question stems?
- Calculate: solve a problem
- Compare: point out similarities
- Contrast: point out differences
- Discuss: outline pros and cons on a topic, process, theory, or technique
- Describe: characterize something
- Explain: make something understandable
- Identify: direct answer
- Interpret: analyze something critically or explain something that isn’t clear
- Justify: explain why something might happen
Which two question stems are usually associated with two point problems?
Calculate, explain, justify
How many points is a question with 1 bolded word worth?
Probably 1 point
What SHOULD you do?
- Avoid restating the question
- Write in full sentence
- Show work in calculations, and box the final answer
- Move on once completing the answer
- Graph only what’s needed
- Follow graphing conventions
- Be mindful of handwriting
What should you do upon interpreting data?
Provide reasoning to support a claim
What do you have to do when justifying or explaining?
Identify the data/topic/idea and explain it (or explaining why).
What is claim-evidence reasoning?
It’s breaking down an argument into parts to make it more clear. State a claim, cite the evidence, and provide reasoning.
What should you do upon comparing things?
Compare the before and after state of the comparison
What should you do when you review topics?
Make sure you are able to describe the processes.
What are some commonly tested topics?
- The modeling of the cell signaling pathway
- Punnett squares
What are the two notions that natural selection has?
Survival and reproduction
What should you mainly do in experimental design questions?
Be explicit in stating the changes that may occur
What should you specifically include in experimental design questions?
Include:
1. A control variable
2. A variable to test in a few ways
3. A hypothesis
4. Expected results
5. Clear graphs
What’s the difference between indepedent and dependent variable?
- Independent is the cause, dependent is the effect
2.There can be several independent variables, but only 1 dependent variable in a well constructed experiment
What should hypotheses include?
Comparisons between the experimental group and the control group
X will change by being more Y
Because. therefore
