How to Prepare for the SAT II Biology

Name: How to Prepare for the SAT II Biology
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ISBN: 9780764104619

ISBN-10: 0764104616

ISBN-13: 9780764104619

Edition: 12th 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Maurice Bleifeld

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List price: $13.95
Edition: 12th
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 8.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Preface to the Twelfth Edition	p. v
Taking SAT II: Biology Subject Test
About SAT II: Biology Subject Test	p. 3
General Information	p. 3
Should You Take SAT II: Biology Subject Test?	p. 3
When Should You Take the Test?	p. 3
How Do You Register for the Test?	p. 4
Which Biology Test Should You Take?	p. 4
How the Test Is Scored	p. 5
How This Book Can Help You Prepare for the Test	p. 5
Test-Taking Strategies	p. 9
General Hints	p. 9
What to Bring to the Test	p. 9
Making the Best Use of Your Time	p. 9
Should You Guess?	p. 9
Marking Your Answer Sheet	p. 10
The Test Directions	p. 10
Sample Questions	p. 10
Hints for Answering Different Types of Multiple-Choice Questions	p. 12
The Scientific Method	p. 13
Diagnostic Test
The Diagnostic Test	p. 19
Diagnostic Test	p. 19
Answer Key	p. 29
Self-Evaluation Chart	p. 30
Analyzing Your Performance on the Diagnostic Test	p. 31
Answers Explained	p. 32
Modern Biology in Review
How Living Things Are Constructed	p. 39
The Cell, Life Activities, and Simple Organisms	p. 39
The Chemistry of Life	p. 47
Tissues, Organs, and Systems	p. 58
Green Plants--Basis of All Life	p. 66
How Plants Make Food	p. 66
How Plants Live	p. 72
How We Live	p. 79
Value of Good Nutrition	p. 79
Ingestion and Digestion	p. 86
Circulation	p. 92
Respiration	p. 100
Excretion	p. 104
How Living Things Adjust to Their Environments	p. 109
The Endocrine System	p. 109
Reactions of Plants and Lower Animals	p. 117
Nervous System	p. 120
Behavior of Higher Animals	p. 128
The Habits of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs	p. 134
How We Fight Disease	p. 139
Study of Bacteria	p. 139
Germs Versus Human Beings	p. 145
Conquest of Disease	p. 149
How Living Things Reproduce	p. 165
Reproduction Among Lower Organisms	p. 165
Reproduction in Higher Plants	p. 169
Reproduction in Higher Animals	p. 174
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