Biology Honors Exam Review: Trimester III

• Chapter 15: Advances in Genetics (7 Questions)
• Gene Therapy & recombinant DNA
• PCR
• RFLP analysis
• Gel Electrophoresis
• Restriction Enzymes
• Mutations

• Chapter 16: Population Genetics (8 Questions)
• Genetic variation in gene pools
• Hardy-Weinberg Model
• Microevolution in Large and Small Populations
• Natural Selection
• Genetic Drift
• Gene Flow
• Mutation
• Founder Effect
• Inbreeding

• Chapter 17: The Origin of Life (9 Questions)
• Big Bang
• Chemical Evolution
• Miller’s apparatus
• Heterotroph hypothesis
• Production of organic molecules
• Formation of polymers
• Self-replication: “RNA world”
• Biological Evolution
• Origin of cells
• Microfossils
• Endosymbiont hypothesis

• Chapter 18: Biodiversity (9 Questions)
• Species concept
• Homologies
• Linnean Classification
• The 5 Kingdoms
• Archeabacteria
• Binomial nomenclature

• Chapter 19: Evolution – Change in species over time (9 Questions)
• Multiple lines of evidence
• Fossils
• Ecology
• Laboratory
• Genetic & molecular evidence
• Speciation
• Geographic isolation
• Ecological isolation
• Behavioral isolation
• Seasonal isolation
• Patterns of Evolution
• Adaptive radiation
• Stasis
• Gradualism
• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Chapter 20: Human Evolution (8 Questions)
• Primates
• Hominids
• Evidence
• mtDNA
• nuclear DNA
• Human Evolution
• Austalopithecines
• Humans (Homo genus)

• Chapter 21: Nervous System (10 Questions)
• Neurons
• Nerve impulses
• Types of neurons
• Peripheral Nervous System
• Central Nervous System
• Evolution of vertebrate nervous systems

• Chapter 23: Immune System (9 Questions)
• Nonspecific defenses
• Specific defenses
• Immune system in action
• Primary & secondary responses
• Malfunctions – autoimmunity

• Chapters 24 & 25: Ecology (24 Questions)
• Relationships in Ecosystems
• Nutrient cycles
• Population dynamics
• Biomes
• Succession
• Human interactions with ecosystems