Day 6 AP Biology Review Theme Structure Function

Day 6 AP Biology Review Theme: Structure & Function Lab #10 Physiology of the Circulatory System #11 Animal Behavior

Theme: Structure & Function • Proteins, which have diverse functions in a cell, are all polymers of the same subunitsamino acids. Write a short essay (100 – 150 words) that discusses how the structure of amino acids allow this one type of polymer so many functions.

Theme: Structure & Function • Considering some of the characteristics that define life and drawing on your new knowledge of cellular structures and functions, write a short essay ( 100 – 150 words) that discusses this statement: Life is an emergent property that appears at the level of the cell.

Theme: Structure & Function • A human pancreatic cell obtains O 2, fuel molecules such as glucose, and building materials such as amino acids and cholesterol from its environment, and it releases CO 2 as a waste product of cellular respiration. In response to hormonal signals, the cell secretes digestive enzymes. It also regulates its ion concentrations by exchange with its environment. Based on what you have just learned about the structure and function of cellular membranes, write a short essay ( 100 – 150 words) that describes how such a cell accomplishes these interactions with its environment.

Theme: Structure & Function • While viruses are considered by most scientists to be nonliving, they do show some characteristics of life, including the correlation of structure and function. In a short essay (100 – 150 words), discuss how the structure of a virus correlates with its function.

Lab # 10 • Describe the effect of changing body position on heart rate and blood pressure. • Explain how exercise changes heart rate • Discuss & explain the relationship between heart rate & temperature. • Explain why high blood pressure is a health concern. • Explain why an athlete must exercise harder or longer to achieve a maximum heart rate than a person who is not as physically fit. • Explain why smoking causes a rise in blood pressure. • How does temperature affecting heart rate differ between ectothermic organisms & endothermic organisms. • Describe at least 4 ways an ectothermic organism’s behavior helps it regulate its temperature. Rad, Eva, Conv, Cond,

Lab # 11 • Describe some aspects of animal behavior: orientation, agonistic, dominance display or mating behavior • Compare and contrast kinesis & taxis