Themes and Concepts of Biology for AP® Courses
This text discusses properties of life, order, reproduction, growth & development, regulation, homeostasis, energy processing, levels of organization of living things, the diversity of life, Carl Woese and the phylogenetic tree, and branches of biological study. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.
Topics
- abstract
- applied science
- atom
- basic science
- biochemistry
- biosphere
- botany
- cell
- community
- conclusion
- control
- deductive reasoning
- descriptive science
- discussion
- ecosystem
- eukaryote
- evolution
- falsifiable
- homeostasis
- hypothesis
- hypothesis-based science
- inductive reasoning
- introduction
- life science
- macromolecule
- materials and methods
- microbiology
- molecular biology
- molecule
- natural science
- neurobiology
- organ
- organ system
- organelle
- organism
- paleontology
- peer-reviewed manuscript
- phylogenetic tree
- physical science
- plagiarism
- population
- prokaryote
- results
- review article
- scientific
- method
- serendipity
- theory
- tissue
- variable
- zoology
- Carl Woese
- phylogeny
- life