Cracking the SAT II: Biology E/M, 2001-2002 Edition (Cracking the Sat II Biology)

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The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT II: Biology E/M exam is very different from getting straight As in school. They don't try to teach students everything there is to know about biology--only what they'll need to score higher on the exam. There's a big difference. In Cracking the SAT II: Biology E/M, The Princeton Review will teach test takers how to think like the test makers and:

* Score higher by reviewing key biology concepts
* Earn more points by becoming familiar with the format of the test
* Safeguard against test traps that can lower scores
* Perfect skills by practicing review questions in each chapter

*** This book includes 2 full-length simulated SAT II: Biology E/M exams. All of the sample test questions are just like the ones test takers will see on the actual exam, and every solution is fully explained.

Contents Include:

I Introduction
Point 1: Approaching the Test Strategically
Point 2: Teaching You the Biology You Need to Know to do Well on the Exam
II The Exam Format, Question Types, and Strategies
The Format
Classification Questions
Five-Choice Questions
Laboratory Five-Choice Questions
Strategy 1: Study the Right Stuff the Right Way
Strategy 2: Practice the Right Stuff at the Right Time
Strategy 3: Easy Stuff First
Strategy 4: Take a Guess, but Guess Smart
Strategy 5: Choosing the "Wrong" Answer--Least/Except/Not Questions
Strategy 6: I, II, III--You're Out!
Strategy 7: Avoid the Camouflage Trap
Strategy 8: Avoiding the Temptation Trap--Predict an Answer
Strategy Summary
Special Tips for Laboratory Five-Choice Questions
III Cracking Cellular and Molecular Biology
Biologically Important Macromolecule #1: Protein
Biologically Important Macromolecule #2: Carbohydrate
Biologically Important Macromolecule #3: Lipid
Biologically Important Macromolecule #4: Nucleic Acid
Eukaryotic Cell Structure
What Goes On in the Cytoplasm: Chemical Reactions and Enzymes
Time to Talk about Cellular Respiration
Glycolysis
The Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex (PDC)
The Krebs Cycle
Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
What Happens if Oxygen is NOT Available?
DNA Replicates Itself
Chromosomes
How chromosomes Govern Protein Synthesis: Transcription and Translation
More About Translation
How Translation Works, Part 1: tRNA
How Translation Works, Part 2: The Ribosome
How a Whole Cell Reproduces Itself: Mitosis
IV Cracking Genetics
Remember Why Chromosomes are Important
The Formation of Gametes: Meiosis
Let's Get Back to Genetics
Phenotype and Genes
Mating and Crossing
Punnett Squares
Sex and Sex-Linked Traits
Pedigree Analysis
V Cracking Evolution and Diversity
The Origin of Life
Evolution
Getting Organized: Phylogeny
Kingdom Monera
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Animalia
VI Cracking the Structure and Functions of Organisms
Control of the Body, Part 1--The Nervous System
Control of the Body, Part 2--The Endocrine System
Transport Within the Body--The Circulatory System
Blood Typing
The Heart
Ventilation and Gas Exchange
Body Processing, Part 1--The Digestive System
Body Processing, Part 2-- The Urinary system
Support and Protection of the Body, Part 1--The Skeletal System
Support and Protection of the Body, Part 2--The Muscular System
Support and Protection of the Body, Part 3--The Skin
Reproduction and Development, Part 1--The Male System
Reproduction and Development, Part 2--The Female System
Reproduction and Development, Part 3--Fertilization, Embryology, and Fetal Development
The Structures and Functions of Plants
Behavior, Learning, and Coexistence
The Structures and Functions of Microorganisms
VII Cracking Ecology
What is a Population?
What is a Community?
More about the Community--Who's Who
Let's Talk about Ecological Succession
Getting Bigger--The Ecosystem
What Goes Around Comes Around--Nutrient Cycles
Getting Bigger Again--Biomes
VIII The Princeton Review SAT II: Biology E/M Subject Tests

Customer Reviews:

Great, but lacking.......2004-01-15

Well I've taken the test and I did fairly well, a 740, decent, but not great. However I managed to go through about 3/4 of this book and finished the rest later just for the heck of it. So here's essentially the basis of this book. First the sections give you generally accurate information and provide you with practice sets and questions after each section. However, though most sections cover 80-100 percent of the needed SAT II information there are some key lacking points. Firs the ear and eyes are not covered. And let me tell you this: THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A QUESTION ON THEM! Yes two tests in a row there have been questions on the eyes and ears, hm... Also genetics is a bit brief, while evolution is simply great. Also let me note that the SAT II had fewer molecular questions in general in the regular exam part, then analysis and organism biology. So using this with the Kaplan book, and studying will likely get you at least a 750-800 depending on study time.

I liked it, despite its simplicity.......2003-11-02

Most people, in their reviews, have found excuses to call this book bad simply because it is easy to read. Well, let me tell you right now that just because the book is easy to read does not mean that it is a bad book. I've looked at other books, but this book appealed to me most because of the fact that it isn't boring like most text books. I'll go as far as to say that reading this book was an enjoyable experience for me (something I can't say for most books). This book recognizes the fact that the SAT2 Biology is a concept based test, and it uses this to the advantage of the reader. The book presents the concepts in a "big picture" form and gets into some detail, but not much. This way, the reader is able to get a grasp of the material without getting overwhelmed. I used this book EXCLUSIVELY for just 2 days and I got a 740 on the SAT2 Biology M. If I would have spent more time reading it, I'm sure I could have done better. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good SAT2 Biology preparation book with minimal time commitment and minimal headache from boredom.

A disgrace..........2003-09-05

I had purchased this book three months prior to the Biology SAT II examination; it offered a concise review of my 9th grade biology curriculum, perhaps too concise. Those who repeat my blunder of studying from this guild will, as I did, find themselves in an inept state as they ponder for several minutes on question "X", in a futile attempt to recall fact "Y".

Too generalized!

Ambiguous!

Repository of useless facts!

Harbinger of a poor grade!

Good if you've never, ever picked up a biology book.......2003-07-12

It's simple and to the point. It's great if you are not so well versed in biology, or there's a concept that you don't understand. I used this only to do the latter. If there was something I didn't understand from my textbook I went and looked it up. If your looking for a last minute review this book is also for you. If not then go get the barrons. People say the barrons book is not that great because it contains too much information. Would you rather buy a book that had too little? Then you just end up wasting your money and buying another book. Get the barrons. All lot of it isn't seen too often, but I was surprised when some topics I thought wouldn't be on the tes were.

Too dull..........2003-05-24

This is really boring. The topics are presented in a really messy way, with way too many diagrams. Stick with the Barrons book. That one made me want to study.

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The 'Handbook of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry' is a unique reference work that addresses the most important applications, phenomena and analytical techniques of wet surface chemistry. Including an enormous wealth of mainly practically orientated information it is written by an international team of renowned scientists and delivers with authority and experience content that thoroughly covers all the major applications.

Helpfully organised into five parts the two volumes incorporate a double column format and numerous diagrams. The user-friendly structure allows readers to rapidly locate topics of particular interest and the clearly defined sections present the topic in a thorough and comprehensive manner.

Part One: Surface Chemistry in Important
Technologies
Covers industrial and domestic uses - from life
science-related applications right through to industrial processes.

Part Two: Surfactants
Thoroughly addresses the key properties and
applications of the most important surfactants - the
main tool in surface and colloid chemistry.

Part Three: Colloidal Systems and Layer
Structures at Surfaces
Provides full information on four important colloidal
systems such as:
— Solid dispersions (suspensions)
— Foams
— Vesicles and liposomes
— Microemulsions

Part Four: Phenomena in Surface Chemistry
Extensively reviews the important phenomena of
foam breaking, solubilization, rheological effects of
surfactants, as well as wetting, spreading and
penetration.

Part Five: Analysis and Characterization in
Surface Chemistry
To assist the researcher focussing on a particular
problem the section is organised by surface
parameter rather than by method or technique.

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European, North American, Canadian, and South Asian scientists have joined forces to create the only handbook in existence on the chemistry of surface and colloidal systems. Never before has the massive amount of data required by surface research chemists been available in a single volume. With this new handbook, searching through journals for a piece of data becomes obsolete. All the facts and figures you need in the laboratory or in the classroom are at your finger-tips. The data is presented in a unique style and format, providing a guide for future research planning.

Customer Reviews:

Correction for "Reviewer: A reader from USA".......2001-08-18

The review from "Reviewer: A reader from USA" (see above) is referring to a different handbook, nameley the "Handbook of Surface and Colloid Chemistry." However, this page is referring to the "CRC Handbook of Thermophysical and Thermochemical Data/Book and Disk" which is totally different handbook. Please make the necessary adjustments and remove his review from this page.

where is the data ?.......1999-02-12

I just received the Handbook of Surface and Colloid Chemistry. According to the review there should be a lot of data listed in the handbook. However I only found some listing of solubility parameter data. WHERE IS THE LIST OF SURFACE TENSION OR SURFACE ENERGY DATA ? Chang Hsiung

Handbook on Characterization Techniques for the Solid-Solution Interface

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Handbook on Characterization Techniques for the Solid-Solution Interface
James H. Adair , and Jon A. Casey
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Successful colloidal processing requires an understanding of all the relevant forces that can affect the formation of a stable slurry (free from strength-limiting agglomerates). These papers discuss the pros and cons of various techniques one can use to characterize particle interactions and the forces involved in selected suspensions. Actual techniques, not experiments and results, are covered in detail. This truly is a practitioner's handbook of characterization techniques.

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Expertly compiled and reviewed, the Surface and Colloid Chemistry Handbook on CD-ROM not only gives you fast access to data - it summarizes the most recent developments in theoretical and applicable research and includes details often not available in journal articles. Topics include ? surface and interfacial tension of liquids ? surface tension of solids (polymers) ? emulsions ? colloidal formation and stability ? adsorption on solids ? foams and thin films European, North American, Canadian, and South Asian scientists joined forces to create the Surface and Colloid Chemistry Handbook on CD-ROM - the only complete CD-ROM handbook for the chemistry of surface and colloidal systems. Never before has the massive amount of data required by surface research chemists been offered in such an accessible form. With CRC's introduction of this resource, searching through journals for data becomes truly obsolete. All the facts and figures you need in the laboratory or in the classroom are literally at your finger-tips; and with the information presented in such a unique and fully searchable format, it provides the ideal guide for planning future research. The rapid expansion of science related to surface and colloid chemistry has created an urgent need for a resource that easily provides up-to-date theoretical and experimental information. The Surface and Colloid Chemistry Handbook on CD-ROM provides scientists and students with the most comprehensive, current, well-organized material available.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) was created as early as 1967 but ASEAN economic cooperation moved in a lackluster pace with few concrete accomplishments. To move the organization from its benign state of economic cooperation, the member states signed in 1992 the agreement on ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) which is to be fully realized by the year 2003. Although agricultural products were initially excluded from the agreement to protect a sensitive sector like agriculture from open regional competition, the member states decided to include them in AFTA in 1995. Through application of a spatial price equilibrium model, the effects of AFTA on demand, supply, prices and trade of selected agricultural products in ASEAN countries and their major trading partners were analyzed. The spatial characteristic of the model analysis facilitated simulation of trade flows and thus provided insights on the possible changes in intra- and extra-ASEAN trade.

Customer Reviews:

Some of the best work by histories greatest writer.......2004-06-13

Yes, Plato could write. He's the best writer ever. Better than Mike Royko, Lester Bangs, Stephen King, Anne Rice, George Will, Homer, Albert Einstein, Stephen J.Gould, Richard Dawkins, William Shakespeare, Ovid, Lao Tzu and Tom Clancey. Aside from a fine pen, this man had a mind beyond belief. He's also much more intelligent than those other authors-only Lao Tzu challenges him (just a little). He worshipped his martyred teacher Socrates, and wrote about him in most of his works.

These works deal with Love, and Plato never just gives you anything. First he has to make you see how little you know about the subject, then he sets you on the right path.

"The Symposium" deals with a party the day after a rather intense drinking party-everyone (almost) is on the verge of a hangover, no one wants to drink to excess, some not at all. They decide to tell stories about Love in mythological style, drinking either wine or water. Socrates goes last, but all the stories are worthwhile-actually there is a mathematical subtext to this that those of you interested in math might enjoy finding out on your own. No doubt there is much here I've never fathomed, and never will. We are left with the impression that the story of Socrates is the most accurate, but the reader (to truly understand) must come up with an explanation of his own, in similar style to the people at the symposium. Plato's books are very intreractive.

Phaedrus is the most inspirational thing I've ever read. It explains Erotic as well as other types of love in basically the same manner, and if I could tell you how beautiful it is, I would. It can take a guy that spends half his time working on his phd and the other half working with amateur wrestlers & wrestling and make him feel like Don Juan. I never appreciated those self help books much, but I actually was inspired to walk up to a strange woman and tell her we'd met in another life after reading this, and she replied that yeah, she thinks she remembers me. It was one of the best moves I ever made, and we've never stopped feeling this way about each other. Enjoy, Learn, and be Happy.

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I hate Plato!!!

Plato on Love: Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, with Selections from Republic and Laws
Plato , and C. D. C. Reeve
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This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas, D.S. Hutchinson, and C.D.C. Reeve.

Reeve's Introduction provides a wealth of historical information about Plato and Socrates, and the sexual norms of classical Athens. His introductory essay looks closely at the dialogues themselves and includes the following sections: Socrates and the Art of Love; Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the Ascent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained; and Writing about Love.

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I hate Plato!!!.......2007-03-29

Despite my strong dislike for Plato, this translation made his writings easier to read and understand. It is very clear and modern in its language. Indeed, in no other version has any humor come through; and two professors of classical studies have commented on the accuracy of the translation. Perhaps other versions have tried for a more 'high-class' respectable sounding language; regardless, the feel of this makes it seem much more real and accessible. The footnotes are especially helpful giving complete descriptions and explanations of the people, situations, terminology, context, and helping tie together the different sections. Most of Plato's philosophy initially sounds ridiculous and fetishistic, or even to be the inane ramblings of an egocentric, self-important person who over estimates his own intelligence - and may very well be - but in this version the underlying ideas are made obvious and it becomes therefor easy to trace how these writings influenced our cultural philosophy and ideas about sex, the purpose of love, and the nature of human striving for perfection.

Symposium and Phaedrus (Everyman's Library)

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More entertaining than philosophical
Describing love in the Symposium
Voice, comedy, culture

Symposium and Phaedrus (Everyman's Library)
Plato
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Release Date: 2001-03-06

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It has been said that, after the Bible, Plato's dialogues are the most influential books in Western culture. And of the dialogues, the Symposium is the most delightful and accessible, requiring no special knowledge of ancient Greek philosophy or customs. Dramatizing a party in fifth-century B.C. Athens, the deceptively unassuming Symposium introduces--in the guise of convivial after-dinner conversation--profound ideas about the nature of love. In Phaedrus, here published together with the Symposium, Plato discusses the place of eloquence in expounding truth. In both dialogues, Socrates plays the leading role, by turns teasing, arguing, analyzing, joking, inspiring, and cajoling his followers into understanding ideas that have remained central to Western thought through the centuries.

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More entertaining than philosophical.......2003-01-28

The book is not meant to be like Plato's major philosophical works. It is about the nature of love, discussed with a frankness about homosexuality not seen until thousands of years later. For anyone interested in what the Greeks thought of love, it's all there. I found them interesting, also revealing the nature of Plato's writing that is more artistic than technical. Socrate's talk of love being a divine madness or the myth of man and woman once being one are beautiful. The Greeks had a tendency to discuss everything in rational terms or in relation to their mythology, so that some of their ideas seem nonsensical or naive, but that is just from the perspective of someone living centuries later.

Describing love in the Symposium.......2002-04-23

The Symposium was a great book but it was a little hard to understand. I like the way opinions were expressed of the topic of "love!" It makes a person think about "love" in general. What it really is and what it really means. There are many opinions of "love" and not one person has the same idea of love in the book. There are creative ideas expressed in the book about what a person thinks "love" is. It is hard to agree with just one person in the book because all their ideas are great and they all make sense in one way or another. A person may agree or disagree with a speaker in the book because they may not agree with the speaker or they may like the idea of a speaker and agree with him. A person may also agree or disagree with some parts of the idea from a speaker because they may think that the idea starts off great but does not end. A reader may compare and contrast ideas of all the speakers and they may come up with another idea of what "love" is or how it is felt. The Symposium was great to read and it makes you think about what everyone else in the world thinks about "love!"

Voice, comedy, culture.......2001-03-24

Symposium, Plato's most dramatic dialogue, skilfully interweaves six voices together in a discussion of love. More than any other dialogue, this work creates effective characters and provides insight into the Athenian culture's view of love while blending humor into the text. Phaedrus, a later dialogue, is less dramatic in nature but continues the inquiry into the nature of love. Juxtaposing the two in the same text gives the reader a sense of how Plato's style evolved over time

Lysis, Phaedrus, and Symposium: Plato on Homosexuality (Great Books in Philosophy)

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Miscellaneous- Phaedrus.......2007-01-07

I came across a mention of "Phaedrus" in 'How to Speak a book' by Richard Powers where he refers to Socrates saying 'writing damages memory'. this caught my attention.
Reading Plato, Phaedrus.. about who needs to be accepted- a lover or a non-lover, art of rhetoric, probability's superiority over truth ( I wouldnt have understood this concept without reading 'Gods debris' by Scott Adams), having to summarise after a speech, rules of art .. I just forgot that I was reading this to know about writing and memory..
Its in the Theuth- Thamus tale - the discovery of letters meant to improve memory is seen as creator of forgetfulness.

Plato's Erotic Thought: The Tree of the Unknown (Rochester Studies in Philosophy)

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This work is an attempt to understand the nature of the object of Eros in Plato's writings. In the first chapter certain considerations based on a passage in Plato's Symposium lead to a discovery and characterization of the nature of that object and several of its features. Then it is realized that the chief problem or mystery about the nature of the object of Eros is how it arises. The book then explores the Lysis and the Phaedrus, which both address how the object arises, in two different ways, the Socratic and the Platonic. Alfred Geier is Associate Professor of Religious and Classical Studies, University of Rochester

Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, The Republic (Thrift Edition)

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