B.1.1 KNOW THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FOUR (4) MAJOR GROUPS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

B.1.2 UNDERSTAND HOW THE SHAPE OF A MOLECULE DETERMINES ITS FUNCTION

B.1.3 KNOW HOW THE ENVIRONMENT CAN INFLUENCE HOW A CELL FUNCTIONS

B.2.1 KNOW THE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE STRUCTURES COMMON TO ALL CELLS

B.2.2 KNOW THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CELL MEMBRANE

B.2.3 KNOW THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MITOCHONDRIA AND CHLOROPLASTS

B.2.4 KNOW THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF RIBOSOMES AND HOW PROTEIN PRODUCTION IS CODED FOR ON GENES

B.2.5 KNOW HOW AND WHY SOME CELLS HAVE STRUCTURES LIKE CILIA, FLAGELLA, OR MICROVILLI

B.2.6 INVESTIGATE DIFFERENT CELL TYPES AND HOW ORGANELLE FREQUENCY DEPENDS ON CELL FUNCTION

B.3.1 UNDERSTAND PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND HOW WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE ARE COMBINED TO MAKE SUGARS AND OXYGEN

B.3.2 UNDERSTAND HOW SUGAR MOLECULES CAN BE RECOMBINED TO MAKE A VARIETY OF COMPOUNDS

B.3.3 UNDERSTAND THE BASIC PROCESS OF METABOLISM NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL

B.3.4 DESCRIBE HOW MATTER CYCLES AND RECOMBINES TO BE REUSED

B.3.5 DESCRIBE HOW SOLAR ENERGY FLOWS THRU A FOOD CHAIN OR WEB, OF AN ECOSYSTEM

B.4.1 KNOW HOW THE AMOUNT OF LIFE IN AN ECOSYSTEM IS LIMITED BY THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES

B.4.2 KNOW HOW HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND NATURAL PHENOMENA IMPACT OTHER SPECIES

B.4.3 KNOW HOW THE INTRODUCTION OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES IMPACT AN ECOSYSTEM

B.4.4 DESCRIBE HOW MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE LONG TERM STABILITY OF AN ECOSYSTEM

B.5.1 UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE OF DNA AND CHROMOSOMES AND HOW THEY FUNCTION

B.5.2 UNDERSTAND GENES AND HOW THEY PASS HEREDITARY INFORMATION

B.5.3 UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF HOW DNA DIRECTS THE MAKING OF A PROTEIN

B.5.4 UNDERSTAND HOW THE SHAPE OF A PROTEIN IS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER OF AMINO ACIDS IN IT

B.5.5 UNDERSTAND HOW PROTEINS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBSERVABLE TRAITS

B.5.6 UNDERSTAND HOW TRAITS CAN BE STRUCTURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, OR BEHAVIORAL AND CAN BE AT ORGANISMAL OR CELLULAR LEVEL

B.6.1 DESCRIBE THE PROCESS OF MITOSIS

B.6.2 UNDERSTAND HOW CELLS WITH IDENTICAL DNA DIFFERENTIATE INTO SPECIALIZED TISSUES

B.6.3 UNDERSTAND HOW THE FERTILIZED EGGS OF MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZMS DIVIDE TO PRODUCE AN EMBRYO, WITH DIFFERENT PARTS THAT SPECIALIZE THRU DIFFERENTIATION

B.6.4 UNDERSTAND MEIOSIS AND HOW IT PRODUCES GAMETES

B.6.5 UNDERSTAND HOW—CROSSING OVER, INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT, AND RANDOM FERTILIZATION PRODUCE OFFSPRING GENETICALLY DIFFERENT FROM EITHER PARENT.

B.7.1 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE ALLELES AND WHAT PHENOTYPES COULD RESULT FROM DIFFERENT POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS

B.7.2 DESCRIBE DOMINANT, RECESSIVE, CODOMINANCE, SEX-LINKED, INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE, MULTIPLE ALLELE, AND POLYGENIC TRAITSAND THEIR INHERITANCE PATTERNS

B.7.3 DETERMINE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SPECIFIC TRAIT’S APPEARANCE IN THE OFFSPRING WHEN THE PARENTS GENETIC MAKEUP IS KNOWN

B.7.4 EXPLAIN HOW A CELL COPIES ITS DNA AND IDENTIFY FACTORS THAT CAN DAMAGE DNA AND CHANGE ITS NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE

B.7.5  EXPLAIN HOW INSERTION, SUBSTITUTION, AND/OR DELETION OF PART OF A DNA SEGMENT CAN ALTER A GENE, AND HOW THE RESULT CAN BE HELPFUL, HARMFUL, OR HAVE NO EFFECT

B.8.0 EXPLAIN HOW CHEMICAL, FOSSIL, ANATOMICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND GENETIC FINDINGS ARE USED TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ORGANISMS AND USED IN MODERN CLASSIFICATION

B.8.1 EXPLAIN HOW ANATOMICAL AND MOLECULAR SIMILARITIES IN ORGANISMS SUGGEST THAT LIFE BEGAN ON EARTH AS SIMPLE SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS ABOUT 4 BILLION YEARS AGO AND MULTI-CELLULAR LIFE EVOLVED AFTER

B.8.2 EXPLAIN HOW ORGANISMS ARE CLASSIFIED AND NAMED BASED ON EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS

B.8.3 USE ANATOMICAL AND MOLECULAR EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS

B.8.4 UNDERSTAND THAT MOLECULAR EVIDENCE SUPPORTS ANATOMICAL EVIDENCE FOR THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND HELPS DETERMINE THE ORDER DIFFERENT LINES SPLIT OFF

B.8.5 DESCRIBE HOW ORGANISMS WITH BENEFICIAL TRAITS DUE TO GENETIC VARIATIONS, ARE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE UNTIL THEY REPRODUCE, AND PASS THOSE TRAITS ON TO THEIR OFFSPRING, AND HOW THIS IS INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES AND REPRODUCTIVE PRESSURES.