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AP BIOLOGY EXAM REVIEW GUIDE

CONCEPT 1 - BIOCHEMISTRY 1. CHNOPS- most common elements in all living matter 2. Bonds- ionic (transfer electrons), covalent (sharing- polar/unequal sharing and non-polar/equal sharing), hydrogen (weak bonds between hydrogen and negatively charged items), hydrophobic interactions (how non-polar compounds congregate together- lipids) 3. pH a. acid-base/ 0-14, # of H ions determines scale; logarithmic- pH 3 = 10-3 = 1/1000 b. blood- 7.4, stomach- 2, small intestine- 8; enzymes are specific ...

Due to a recent increase in business, a law firm secretary must now word-process an average of 20 letters a day (assume a Poisson distribution). It takes him approximately 20 minutes to type each letter (assume an exponential distribution). Assuming the secretary works 8 hours a day: a) What is the secretary’s utilization rate? a 0.833 b) What is the average waiting time before the secretary word-processes a letter? a 0.2083 12 ½ mins c) What is the average number of letters waiting to...

Fundamentals of Nursing Active Learning for Collaborative Practice 2nd Edition Yoost Test Bank

Context Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me Man, did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? (See Important Quotations Explained) In the summer of 1816, a young, well-educated woman from England traveled with her lover to the Swiss Alps. Unseasonable rain kept them trapped inside their lodgings, where they entertained themselves by reading ghost stories. At the urging of renowned poet Lord Byron, a friend and neighbor, they set their own pens to paper, competing to s...

Context Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me Man, did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? (See Important Quotations Explained) In the summer of 1816, a young, well-educated woman from England traveled with her lover to the Swiss Alps. Unseasonable rain kept them trapped inside their lodgings, where they entertained themselves by reading ghost stories. At the urging of renowned poet Lord Byron, a friend and neighbor, they set their own pens to paper, competing to s...