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AP Biology lessons

8 sections · 60 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

AP Biology

Practice 60 skills across this outline.

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Introduction to Signal Transduction
Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
8 categories
Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
13%
Cellular Energetics
13%
Cells
13%
Natural Selection
13%
Ecology
13%
Gene Expression and Regulation
13%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ap biology — drill into a card to work its skills.

Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

6 core skills13% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Introduction to Signal TransductionRecommended
Long-form
2
Signal Transduction PathwaysAvailable
Long-form
3
Cell CycleAvailable
Long-form
4
Cell CommunicationAvailable
Long-form
5
FeedbackAvailable
Long-form
6
Regulation of Cell CycleAvailable
Long-form

Cellular Energetics

5 core skills13% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Cellular RespirationAvailable
Long-form
2
Cellular EnergyAvailable
Long-form
3
Environmental Impacts on Enzyme FunctionAvailable
Long-form
4
EnzymesAvailable
Long-form
5
PhotosynthesisAvailable
Long-form

Cells

10 core skills13% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
Facilitated DiffusionAvailable
Long-form
2
Mechanisms of TransportAvailable
Long-form
3
Cell CompartmentalizationAvailable
Long-form
4
Cell SizeAvailable
Long-form
5
Cell Structure and FunctionAvailable
Long-form
6
Membrane TransportAvailable
Long-form
7
Membrane PermeabilityAvailable
Long-form
8
Origins of Cell CompartmentalizationAvailable
Long-form
9
Plasma MembraneAvailable
Long-form
10
Tonicity and OsmoregulationAvailable
Long-form

Natural Selection

12 core skills13% total weight
0/12 completed
12 skills to mastery
1
Artificial SelectionAvailable
Long-form
2
Common AncestryAvailable
Long-form
3
Continuing EvolutionAvailable
Long-form
4
Introduction to Natural SelectionAvailable
Long-form
5
Evidence of EvolutionAvailable
Long-form
6
Hardy-Weinberg EquilibriumAvailable
Long-form
7
Natural Selection (Continued)Available
Long-form
8
Origins of Life on EarthAvailable
Long-form
9
PhylogenyAvailable
Long-form
10
Population GeneticsAvailable
Long-form
11
SpeciationAvailable
Long-form
12
Variations in PopulationsAvailable
Long-form

Ecology

7 core skills13% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
BiodiversityAvailable
Long-form
2
Community EcologyAvailable
Long-form
3
Disruptions in EcosystemsAvailable
Long-form
4
Effect of Density on PopulationsAvailable
Long-form
5
Energy Flow Through EcosystemsAvailable
Long-form
6
Population EcologyAvailable
Long-form
7
Responses to the EnvironmentAvailable
Long-form

Gene Expression and Regulation

8 core skills13% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
BiotechnologyAvailable
Long-form
2
DNA and RNA StructureAvailable
Long-form
3
DNA ReplicationAvailable
Long-form
4
Gene Expression and Cell SpecializationAvailable
Long-form
5
MutationsAvailable
Long-form
6
Regulation of Gene TranscriptionAvailable
Long-form
7
Transcription and RNA ProcessingAvailable
Long-form
8
TranslationAvailable
Long-form

Chemistry of Life

7 core skills13% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
CarbohydratesAvailable
Long-form
2
Elements of LifeAvailable
Long-form
3
Introduction to MacromoleculesAvailable
Long-form
4
LipidsAvailable
Long-form
5
Nucleic AcidsAvailable
Long-form
6
ProteinsAvailable
Long-form
7
Structure of Water and Hydrogen BondingAvailable
Long-form

Heredity

5 core skills13% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Environmental Effects on PhenotypeAvailable
Long-form
2
Mendelian GeneticsAvailable
Long-form
3
MeiosisAvailable
Long-form
4
Meiosis and Genetic DiversityAvailable
Long-form
5
Non-Mendelian GeneticsAvailable
Long-form