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: How to Use This Book / 8
Studying Smart for the SAT Subject Tests • Deciding between Biology-E
and Biology-M
Chapter 3: Smart Tips for the SAT Biology E/M Test / 11
Preparing for the Test • The Home Stretch • During the Test • After the Test
Chapter 4: Diagnostic Test / 18
Answer Sheet for the Diagnostic Test • Diagnostic Test • Score Sheet • Answer
Key • Answers and Explanations
Chapter 5: Test-Taking Skills and Strategies / 35
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
PART II: REVIEW OF BIOLOGY TOPICS / 47
Chapter 6: Understanding Molecular and Cellular Biology / 49
Lesson 6-1. Molecular Biology / 49
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 6-2. Cells / 67
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 6-3. Energy in the Cell: Enzymes, Respiration, and Photosynthesis / 80
Vocabulary • Enzymes and Energy Carriers • Respiration • Fermentation •
Photosynthesis • Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 6-4. DNA, RNA, Protein / 96
Vocabulary • Copying DNA • DNA to mRNA • mRNA to Polypeptide •
Mutations • Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 6-5. Mitosis and Meiosis / 108
Vocabulary • The Cell Cycle • Mitosis • Meiosis • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Chapter 7: Understanding Genetics / 116
Lesson 7-1. Mendelian Inheritance / 116
Vocabulary • Mendel: Patterns of Inheritance • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 7-2. The Genetic Bases of Inheritance / 127
Vocabulary • DNA: The Genetic Material • Mendel and Molecules •
Chromosomal Aberrations • Genetic Technology • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 7-3. Beyond Simple Inheritance / 139
Vocabulary • Sex Genes and Sex-Linked Genes • Polygenic Inheritance •
Extra-Nuclear Genes • Beyond DNA • Lesson Summary • Review Questions •
Answers
Lesson 7-4. Using Punnett Squares / 149
Vocabulary • A Quick Review of Probability • Making a Punnett Square •
Modeling Inheritance • Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 7-5. Using Pedigrees / 162
Reading a Pedigree • Interpreting from a Pedigree • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Chapter 8: Understanding Evolution and Diversity / 173
Lesson 8-1. Evolution and Natural Selection / 173
Vocabulary • Darwin and Natural Selection • Evidence for Evolution • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 8-2. Mechanisms of Evolution / 180
Vocabulary • Evolution in a Population • Creating Diversity: Speciation •
Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 8-3. Origins of Diversity / 191
Vocabulary • Creating Cells • After Cells • Classifying Life • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 8-4. The Three Domains and the Five Kingdoms / 201
Vocabulary • Kingdom Monera • Kingdom Protista • Kingdom Fungi •
Kingdom Plantae • Kingdom Animalia • Lesson Summary • Review Questions •
Answers
Chapter 9: Understanding Organismal Biology / 205
Lesson 9-1. Support and Movement / 205
Vocabulary • Support • The Human Skeletal System • Movement • The Human
Muscular System • Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-2. Transport / 210
Vocabulary • Open and Closed Systems • The Human Circulatory System •
The Human Respiratory System • Lesson Summary • Review Questions •
Answers
Lesson 9-3. Nutrition / 215
Vocabulary • The Human Digestive System • Excretion • The Human
Excretory System • Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-4. Protection / 221
Vocabulary • The Skin • The Immune System • Lesson Summary • Review
Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-5. Coordination / 224
Vocabulary • The Human Nervous System • The Human Endocrine System •
Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 9-6. Reproduction and Development / 230
Vocabulary • The Human Reproductive System • Development • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Chapter 10: Understanding Ecology / 235
Lesson 10-1. Population Growth / 235
Vocabulary • Populations • Exponential Growth • Limited Growth • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 10-2. Food Chains and Food Webs / 239
Vocabulary • Communities and Ecosystems • Food Chains • Food Webs •
Energy Flow • Pyramids • Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 10-3. Ecological Relationships / 245
Vocabulary • Symbiotic Relationships • Competition • Lesson Summary •
Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 10-4. Biomes / 249
Vocabulary • Terrestrial Biomes • Aquatic Biomes • Ecological Succession •
Lesson Summary • Review Questions • Answers
Lesson 10-5. Nutrient Cycles / 254
Vocabulary • Water Cycle • Carbon Cycle • Nitrogen Cycle • Lesson
Summary • Review Questions • Answers
PART III: FOUR PRACTICE TESTS / 259
Practice Test 1: Biology-E / 261
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 1 • Answer Key • Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations
Practice Test 2: Biology-E / 280
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 2 • Answer Key • Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations
Practice Test 3: Biology-M / 300
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 3 • Answer Key • Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations
Practice Test 4: Biology-M / 319
Answer Sheet • Practice Test 4 • Answer Key • Score Sheet • Answers and
Explanations