AP CENTRAL FRQ's  2023   2022-1999       2020 Exam questions available in AP Classroom question bank
ANIMALS BODY SYSTEMS CELLS CELL DIVISION CELL SIGNALING
DNA ECOLOGY  ENZYMES  EVOLUTION EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
GENETICS GRAPHS LABS METABOLISM MOLECULES
PLANTS PHOTOSYNTHESIS REGULATION RESPIRATION STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
TRANSPORT WATER Chi-Square    

SIGNALING

2021 #1   2021 All Questions      Scoring Guidelines       Sample Responses Q1
Plasma membrane
Na+/K+ ATPase
Signal transduction pathway
Protein kinases
Experimental design
Dependent variable/controls
Explain data
Calculate expected
Predict/justify results of a change

 

2019 #4   2019 Free -Response Questions         Scoring Guidelines        Sample Responses Q4
Nerve synapse
Predict effect of neurotoxin on action potential
Predict effect of 2 models using acetylcholinesterase

2018 #2     2018 Free-Response Questions     Scoring Guidelines          Sample Responses Q2
 Read a diagram
Cell structure/function
Predict effect of change in pathway
Location of pathways/proteins in cell
Effect in hypotonic enviroment
Make/support a claim
Justify claim with evidence
Immune response


2018 #8  2018 All Free-Response Questions                 Scoring Guidelines          Sample Responses Q8
 Receptors in nerve signaling
Structure/function in receptors
 Effect of enzyme inhibition

  

2017 #2    2017 All Free-Response Questions            Scoring Guidelines     Sample Responses Q2
Support claim with data from table
Make/support a claim about treatment effect on receptor
Identify treatment groups/experimental controls
Advantages/impact on ecosystem

2017 #3  2017 All Free-Response Questions           Scoring Guidelines         Sample Responses Q3
Gibereillin
Use codon chart to predict mutation
Impact of amino acid substitution
Mutations
Phenotype/genotype


2017 #8  2017 All Free-Response Questions            Scoring Guidelines           Sample Responses Q8
 Cell membranes
Structure/Function
Hormones/cell signaling
Antibodies/Immune system

2015 #5  2015 ALL Questions             Scoring Guidelines      Sample Responses Q5
Darwin's Phototropism experiment
Use diagrams to explain experimental results
Support a claim
Plant signaling

2015 #7   2015 ALL Questions             Scoring Guidelines       Sample Responses Q7
Smell perception
Transmission of signal across synapse
Explain results of gene expression

2015 #8   2015 ALL Questions             Scoring Guidelines       Sample Responses Q8
Immune system response
Humoral response
B cellls
Propose consequence to disruption

2013 #8       2013 All Questions          Scoring Guidelines          Sample Responses Q8
Explain signal transduction pathway

2010 #1   2010 All Questions      Scoring Guidelines            Sample Responses Q1
Cell Signaling
Glucose homeostasis
Compare steroid/protein hormones

2010 #2   2010 All Questions      Scoring Guidelines       Sample Reponse Q2
Enzyme Lab
Make a graph
Calculate rate from graph
Make a prediction about effect of doubling amylase concentration
Environmental factors that affect enzyme function
2008 #1  2008 All Questions      Scoring Guidelines       Sample Responses Q1
Bonds/interactions in proteins
How protein structure impacts function in
~ muscle contraction
 ~ Regulation enzyme activity
~ Cell signaling
Sickle cell hemoglobin mutation
Heterozygote advantage

2008 #3  2008 All Questions      Scoring Guidelines      Sample Responses Q3
Impact of regulators:
~Cyclin/cell cycle
~Thyroxine/metabolic rate
~FSH/Ovarian cycle
~Predators/prey population dynamics
 ~Fire/Ecological succession


2007 #1   2007 All Questions          Scoring Guidelines         Sample Responses Q1
Molecular components of plasma membranes
Structure/function
Role of membranes in:
~ muscle contraction
~ fertilization of an egg
~ chemisomotic production of ATP
~ intercellular signaling

2007 #2  2007 All Questions        Scoring Guidelines          Sample Responses Q2
Evolutionary origin/significance of cephalization in animals
Development of nervous system in vertebrate embryos
Explain nervous system response to signal

2006 B #2 2006B All Questions             Scoring Guidelines            Sample Responses Q2
Impact of structure on function of:
~ enyzme/catalysis
~ RNA/protein synthesis
~ cell membranes/signal transduction
~ membrane proteins/facilitated diffusion & active transport

2003B #2  2003B  Questions             Scoring Guidelines         Sample Responses Q2
Hormone response in plants
Hormome respone in animals
Impact on cells
  

1999 #2  1999 All Questions         Scoring Guidelines         Sample Responses Q2
Cell-to-cell communication
~ Plant cells
~ immune system cells
~ neuron to neuron
~ neuron to muscle
~ endocrine gland to target cell