CliffsAP Biology Examination Preparation Guide (Advanced placement) [Paperback]

Phillip E. Pack Ph.D. (Author), Phillip E. Pack (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0822023016 | ISBN-13: 978-0822023012 | Publication Date: December 26, 1994 | Edition: 1

It's Important to Prepare for the AP Biology Exam Doing well on the AP Biology exam can give you credit or advanced standing when you enter college, so it's important to do your best on the exam. Cliffs AP Guides are written by test preparation experts who know how to help you take the test with maximum efficiency and achieve your goals. Cliffs AP Biology Preparation Guide includes:

• Introduction: Answers to your questions about the exam, its format, and its grading. Hints for taking the multiple-choice and essay sections. Must-know essay questions.
• Subject Area Reviews: Detailed review of biological concepts and terms for each subject area covered on the AP exam: Chemistry, Cells, Photosynthesis, Respiration, Cell Division, Heredity, Molecular Genetics, Evolution, Five-Kingdom Survey, Plants, Animal Structure and Function, Animal Reproduction and Development, Animal Behavior, Ecology. Practice multiple-choice questions with complete explanations and essay questions with sample essay responses for all reviews.
• Laboratory Review: Review of all twelve AP Biology labs. Hints for graphing data and designing experiments. Suggestions for applying your lab experiences to answering AP exam laboratory questions. Sample multiple-choice questions and essay questions and answers.
• Full-Length AP Biology Practice Test: Realistic practice exam with grading key. Full, clear explanations for all multiple-choice answers and sample essay responses.

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About the Author

Phillip E. Pack has taught AP Biology and gifted programs for eleven years. He is currently an assistant professor of math and science at Woodbury University in Burbank, California, and a lecturer in biology at California State University at Northridge.

Product Details

• Paperback: 558 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (December 26, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822023016
• ISBN-13: 978-0822023012
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,375,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want a 5, GET THIS BOOK, It's your best shot at it!, December 14, 1999

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Quan Gan (Kali, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CliffsAP Biology Examination Preparation Guide (Advanced placement) (Paperback)

This book is abolsolutely AMAZING (No wonder my AP Bio teacher had this book)! It covers everything in a full year's course of AP Biology in a concise and organized fashion (should go almost exactly in the order your teacher teaches). The book has sample questions after each chapter to make sure the reader comprehends what he or she reads. Just read this whole book about a month before the exam, highlight main ideas, the day before the exam, read what you've highlighted, you'll get a good score. (At least a 4)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy and Use this Book!, July 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: CliffsAP Biology Examination Preparation Guide (Advanced placement) (Paperback)

I took an AP Biology class this year and it was a joke! We didn't learn anything, NOTHING the entire year. I used this book from the beginning of the year and, along with my textbook, which was horrible, and the Barron's Guide, managed to learn everything about AP Biology. No Joke! I taught myself biology out of this book. I even got a 5 on the AP test! Many of the questions in this book were almost exactly repeated on the AP exam. Another especially helpful thing was the Laboratory Review in the back. Even though our class didn't do the labs, I understood everything about them. If you need to learn biology. Get this Book. Today!1

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A study guide that actually helps, September 11, 2000

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"ylla24601" - See all my reviews

This review is from: CliffsAP Biology Examination Preparation Guide (Advanced placement) (Paperback)

I took AP Biology last year as a junior with a teacher who had never before taught an AP class. It was difficult to keep on schedule with the material in class. In fact, my class did not even finish studying animal anatomy and physiology. Despite this, I still got a five on the test. Now don't get me wrong, this guide would probably be extremely difficult to make sense of with no textbook, but this book really helped me get my facts straight and rush through the key parts that my class omitted. I cannot compare it with other study guides out there, but I think that this is the only study guide I have ever used that really had an affect on my grades in class, and on my final AP test.

Good luck, and down with the evil college board!