PART I: ABOUT THE SAT BIOLOGY E/M TEST / 1
Chapter 1: What You Need to Know About the
SAT Biology E/M Test / 3
The SAT Subject Tests • The SAT Biology E/M
Test • Taking the Test
Chapter 2: Smart Tips for the SAT Biology
E/M Test / 8
Preparing for the Test • The Home Stretch •
During the Test • After the Test
Chapter 3: Test-Taking Skills and
Strategies / 15
General Test-Taking Strategies • Question
Type 1: The Matching Game •
Question Type 2: The Numbered Diagram •
Question Type 3: The Direct
Question • Question Type 4: The “Pick the
‘Wrong’ Answer” Question (A.K.A.
“Least/Except/Not”
Questions) • Question Type 5: Easy as I, II, III • Question
Type 6: The Laboratory Question
Chapter 4: Diagnostic Test / 27
Answer Sheet for the Diagnostic Test •
Diagnostic Test • Score Sheet • Answer
Key • Answers and Explanations
PART II: REVIEW OF BIOLOGY TOPICS / 45
Chapter 5: Understanding Molecular and
Cellular Biology / 47
Lesson 5-1. Molecular Biology / 47
Vocabulary • Elements, Compounds, and Bonds
• The Elements of Life •
Water, Water, Everywhere • The Role of
Carbon • Carbohydrates and the
Dehydration Reaction • Amino Acids,
Proteins, and Peptide Bonds •
Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids • Lipids and
Phospholipids • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 5-2. Cells / 65
Vocabulary • Characteristics of Cells •
Features of Eukaryotic Cells • Cell
Membranes and Cell Walls • Cellular
Transport • Plant and Animal Cells •
Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 5-3. Energy in the Cell: Enzymes,
Respiration, and Photosynthesis / 78
Vocabulary • Enzymes and Energy Carriers •
Respiration • Fermentation •
Photosynthesis • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 5-4. DNA, RNA, Protein / 94
Vocabulary • Copying DNA • DNA to mRNA •
mRNA to Polypeptide •
Mutations • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 5-5. Mitosis and Meiosis / 106
Vocabulary • The Cell Cycle • Mitosis •
Meiosis • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Chapter 6: Understanding Genetics / 114
Lesson 6-1. Mendelian Inheritance / 114
Vocabulary • Mendel: Patterns of
Inheritance • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 6-2. The Genetic Bases of
Inheritance / 125
Vocabulary • DNA: The Genetic Material •
Mendel and Molecules •
Chromosomal Aberrations • Genetic
Technology • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 6-3. Beyond Simple Inheritance / 137
Vocabulary • Sex Genes and Sex-Linked Genes
• Polygenic Inheritance •
Extra-Nuclear Genes • Beyond DNA • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions •
Answers
Lesson 6-4. Using Punnett Squares / 147
Vocabulary • A Quick Review of Probability
• Making a Punnett Square •
Modeling Inheritance • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 6-5. Using Pedigrees / 160
Reading a Pedigree • Interpreting from a
Pedigree • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Chapter 7: Understanding Evolution and
Diversity / 171
Lesson 7-1. Evolution and Natural Selection
/ 171
Vocabulary • Darwin and Natural Selection •
Evidence for Evolution • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 7-2. Mechanisms of Evolution / 178
Vocabulary • Evolution in a Population •
Creating Diversity: Speciation •
Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 7-3. Origins of Diversity / 189
Vocabulary • Creating Cells • After Cells •
Classifying Life • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 7-4. The Three Domains and the Five
Kingdoms / 199
Vocabulary • Kingdom Monera • Kingdom
Protista • Kingdom Fungi •
Kingdom Plantae • Kingdom Animalia • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions •
Answers
Chapter 8: Understanding Organismal Biology
/ 203
Lesson 8-1. Support and Movement / 203
Vocabulary • Support • The Human Skeletal
System • Movement • The Human
Muscular System • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 8-2. Transport / 208
Vocabulary • Open and Closed Systems • The
Human Circulatory System •
The Human Respiratory System • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions •
Answers
Lesson 8-3. Nutrition / 213
Vocabulary • The Human Digestive System •
Excretion • The Human
Excretory System • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 8-4. Protection / 219
Vocabulary • The Skin • The Immune System •
Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 8-5. Coordination / 222
Vocabulary • The Human Nervous System • The
Human Endocrine System •
Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 8-6. Reproduction and Development /
228
Vocabulary • The Human Reproductive System
• Development • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Chapter 9: Understanding Ecology / 233
Lesson 9-1. Population Growth / 233
Vocabulary • Populations • Exponential
Growth • Limited Growth • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-2. Food Chains and Food Webs / 237
Vocabulary • Communities and Ecosystems •
Food Chains • Food Webs •
Energy Flow • Pyramids • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-3. Ecological Relationships / 243
Vocabulary • Symbiotic Relationships •
Competition • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-4. Biomes / 247
Vocabulary • Terrestrial Biomes • Aquatic
Biomes • Ecological Succession •
Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-5. Nutrient Cycles / 252
Vocabulary • Water Cycle • Carbon Cycle •
Nitrogen Cycle • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
PART III: FOUR PRACTICE TESTS / 257
Practice Test 1: BiologyE
/ 259
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 1 • Answer Key
• Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations
Practice Test 2: BiologyE
/ 278
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 2 • Answer Key
• Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations
Practice Test 3: BiologyM
/ 298
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 3 • Answer Key
• Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations
Practice Test 4: BiologyM
/ 317
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 4 • Answer Key
• Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations
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作者简介
Stephanie Zinn:资深SAT教学与考试专家,拥有多年SAT经济学教学经验,曾出版多本SAT培训教材,熟知SAT考试特点,曾在纽约私立学校Spence School任教。
Nick Tarasen:资深SAT教学与考试专家,拥有多年SAT经济学教学经验,曾出版多本SAT培训教材,熟知SAT考试特点。