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AP Biology flashcards

AP Biology flashcards can help with definitions, but give yourself questions about mechanisms too. Upload a focused lesson, explain each answer before revealing it, and return to data analysis and experimental questions when you finish the cards.

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Compartmentalisation separates cellular environments. Enzymes lower the activation energy of reactions without changing the reaction’s overall free-energy change. During meiosis I, homologous chromosomes separate. Natural selection can change allele frequencies when heritable variation affects reproductive success; a population evolves across generations rather than an individual adapting its genes because it needs to.

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Flashcard 1 · Cell structure

How can membrane-bound compartments support different processes within the same eukaryotic cell?

Reveal answer and explanation

They maintain distinct local environments and separate some reactions and molecules.

For example, conditions suitable in one compartment need not be suitable throughout the cell. Compartmentalisation connects structure to function.

Flashcard 2 · Cellular energetics

What does an enzyme change about a reaction’s energy barrier, and what does it not change?

Reveal answer and explanation

It lowers activation energy, but does not change the overall free-energy difference between reactants and products.

A faster pathway is not the same as making an energetically unfavourable reaction favourable by itself.

Flashcard 3 · Genetics

What separates in meiosis I: homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids?

Reveal answer and explanation

Homologous chromosomes separate.

Sister chromatids generally remain together through meiosis I and separate in meiosis II. This distinction helps explain the reduction in chromosome sets.

Flashcard 4 · Evolution

A heritable variant improves reproductive success in an environment. What change can natural selection produce over generations?

Reveal answer and explanation

The associated allele can become more frequent in the population.

The explanation depends on heritability and differential reproduction. Selection does not mean an individual deliberately changes its genes.

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Attach a prediction to a mechanism

After explaining an enzyme’s role, predict how a change in its environment might affect a reaction and state the assumptions. After meiosis recall, trace chromosome sets in a small diagram. A correct definition is a starting point; applying it to evidence is a separate task that deserves practice.

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Topic reference: College Board AP Biology course framework, checked 13 October 2026. Sample prompts and explanations are original, not copied examination questions.

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