AP Biology Units and Chapters
AP Biology 414
Text: Biology, 5th Edition, by
Campbell, Reece, and Mitchell.
Numbers in parentheses give
approximate number of pages in each chapter.
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Unit 1.
Introduction and Chemistry of Life no. of pp. |
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1. |
Themes in the
Study of Life |
19 |
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2. |
The Chemical
Context of Life |
14 |
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3. |
Water and the
Fitness of the Environment |
11 |
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4. |
Carbon and the
Molecular Diversity of Life |
9 |
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5. |
The Structure and
Function of Macromolecules |
24 |
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Unit 2. Introducing Cells |
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7. |
A Tour of the
Cell |
26 |
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8. |
Membrane
Structure and Function |
16 |
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11. |
Cell
Communication |
16 |
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12. |
The Cell
Cycle |
17 |
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Unit 3. Bioenergetics |
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6. |
An Introduction
to Metabolism |
16 |
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9. |
Cellular
Respiration: Harvesting Chemical
Energy |
20 |
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10. |
Photosynthesis |
18 |
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Unit 4. Meiosis, Mendel, and Morgan |
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13. |
Meiosis and
Sexual Life Cycles |
12 |
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14. |
Mendel and the
Gene Idea |
20 |
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15. |
The Chromosomal
Basis of Inheritance |
16 |
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Unit 5. Molecular Genetics |
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16. |
The Molecular
Basis of Inheritance |
15 |
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17. |
From Gene to
Protein |
23 |
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18. |
Microbial
Models: The Genetics of Viruses and
Bacteria |
23 |
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Unit 6. Nucleic Acid Technology |
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19. |
The Organization
and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes |
19 |
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20. |
DNA Technology |
23 |
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21. |
The Genetic Basis
of Development |
23 |
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Unit 7. Evolution |
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22. |
Descent with
Modification: A Darwinian View of
Life |
13 |
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23. |
The Evolution of
Populations |
16 |
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24. |
The Origin of
Species |
18 |
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25. |
Tracing Phylogeny
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23 |
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Unit 8. Biodiversity |
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26. |
Early Earth and
the Origin of Life |
11 |
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27. |
Prokaryotes and
the Origins of Metabolic Diversity |
17 |
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28. |
The Origins of
Eukaryotic Diversity |
25 |
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29. |
Plant Diversity
I: The Colonization of Land |
14 |
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30. |
Plant Diversity
II: The Evolution of Seed Plants |
12 |
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31. |
Fungi |
14 |
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32. |
Introduction to
Animal Evolution |
9 |
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33. |
Invertebrates |
30 |
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34. |
Vertebrate
Evolution and Diversity |
36 |
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Unit 9. Animal Physiology I: Basic Structure and Function |
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40. |
An Introduction
to Animal Structure and Function |
13 |
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41. |
Animal Nutrition |
18 |
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42. |
Circulation and
Gas Exchange |
27 |
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43. |
The Body's
Defenses |
23 |
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44. |
Controlling the
Internal Environment |
27 |
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Unit 10. Animal Physiology II: Inter- and Intra- Organism Interactions |
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45. |
Chemical Signals
in Animals |
18 |
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46. |
Animal
Reproduction |
22 |
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47. |
Animal
Development |
22 |
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48. |
Nervous Systems |
30 |
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49. |
Sensory and Motor
Mechanisms |
29 |
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Unit 11. Plant Physiology |
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35. |
Plant Structure
and Growth |
24 |
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36. |
Transport in
Plants |
17 |
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37. |
Plant Nutrition |
14 |
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38. |
Plant
Reproduction and Development |
20 |
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39. |
Control Systems
in Plants |
25 |
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Unit 12. Ecology
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50. |
An Introduction
to Ecology and the Biosphere |
26 |
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51. |
Behavioral
Biology |
26 |
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52. |
Population
Ecology |
23 |
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53. |
Community Ecology
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22 |
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54. |
Ecosystems |
21 |
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55. |
Conservation
Biology |
19 |
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