Palisades Charter High

AP BIOLOGY AP Biology

Getting started: ● Go to learn-biology.com, then AP Bio v2.0, then Unit 8, Ecology ● Start with Topic 8.2, Part 1: Energy Use in Organisms ● If you’re submitting this electronically to your instructor, please type your answers in blue, red, or any other color your instructor suggests. ● As you go, checkmark or click on this ❑ to change it to ☑ Topic 8.2, Part 1: Energy Use in Organisms 1. Read and complete the quiz in “Life, Entropy, and Energy Coupling: A Review.” REVIEWING: Task 1. Why does life require a constant flow of energy? Energy is required to break down and build up molecules, and to transport many molecules across plasma membranes. Task 2. Pretend that at home, tonight, someone asks you what you’re learning in school. You say, “Well, I learned that a lot of life is explained in this diagram.” Write three or four sentences explaining how. Use concepts like free energy, entropy, endergonic, exergonic, and energy coupling