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Why build your own AP Biology Unit 2 study set

Ready-made AP Biology Unit 2 flashcards are easy to find online, but they cover a generic version of cell structure and function rather than the slides, readings, and vocabulary your teacher used. Generating a set from your own material takes a few minutes and keeps every card tied to what you will see on the test.

Flashcards on prokaryotic versus eukaryotic cells and the role of each organelle
Membrane transport questions covering diffusion, osmosis, and active transport, with explanations
Mind maps that connect the endomembrane system to the organelles it moves material between
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Example AP Biology Unit 2 flashcards

Why does a smaller cell have a higher surface area to volume ratio?Surface area grows with the square of a length while volume grows with its cube, so small cells exchange materials faster per unit of volume.

What is the fluid mosaic model?It describes the membrane as a phospholipid bilayer with embedded and peripheral proteins that can move laterally, with cholesterol in animal cell membranes.

How does facilitated diffusion differ from simple diffusion?Facilitated diffusion uses channel or carrier proteins to move solutes down their concentration gradient, and it requires no ATP.

Which organelles does endosymbiotic theory explain, and why?Mitochondria and chloroplasts, because they have double membranes and their own circular DNA, consistent with descent from bacteria engulfed by ancestral cells.

What happens to an animal cell placed in a hypotonic solution?Water enters by osmosis and the cell swells, and it can burst (lyse) because animal cells have no cell wall to resist the pressure.

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Cards cover organelles, membranes, transport, and cell size, so you study what your class actually covered.

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Flashcards return at intervals based on how well you remember them, so review time goes to the terms you miss.

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Unit 2 covers cell size and the surface area to volume ratio, membrane structure, passive and active transport, and the endomembrane system. Work through quiz questions on these topics and read the explanations, since they show why each wrong choice is wrong, which is where many exam points are lost.

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How should I make flashcards for AP Biology Unit 2?

Make one card for each term, process, or comparison in your notes, and split any card that asks two things at once. Focus first on vocabulary and the transport processes, since they appear in many question types.

What is the difference between osmosis and diffusion?

Diffusion is the net movement of solute from high to low concentration, while osmosis is the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane. Practice by predicting which way water moves for a cell in hypertonic, isotonic, and hypotonic solutions.

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