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1. Studying for NMAT Biology
2. Suggested Weekly Study Plan
3. Download: Suggested Study Calendar
4. How To Use Concept Maps
5. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
1. Biological Evolution: Unity & Diversity
1. BIG IDEA
2. Warm Up: Flashcards on Evolution
3. Video: Overview of Evolution
4. Evolution and Natural Selection
5. NMAT - Style Questions
6. Driving Forces of Evolution
7. Patterns of Evolution
8. Video: Patterns of Evolution
9. NMAT - Style Question
10. Coevolution
11. Video: Mullerian vs Batesian Mimicry
12. Evidences of Evolution
13. NMAT - Style Questions
14. Evolutionary Processes
1. BIG IDEA
2. Definition of Species. Principles of Speciation.
3. Video: Mayr’s Principles of Speciation
4. NMAT - Style Questions
5. Sympatric vs Allopatric Speciation
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Gene Flow
8. Genetic Drift
9. Animation: Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, and Gene Flow Factors Shaping Populations
10. Extinction of Species
1. BIG IDEA
2. Biodiversity and Taxonomy
3. NMAT - Style Question
4. Domains of Life
5. NMAT - Style Question
6. Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes; Unicelleular vs Multicellular Organisms.
7. Video: Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
8. Autotrophs vs Heterotrophs
9. NMAT - Style Question
10. Differences between Plants and Animals
11. Animal Classification and Animal Phyla
12. Video: Commonly Confused Animal Phyla
13. NMAT - Style Question
14. Major Plant Characteristics and Classification Groups
15. Asexual vs Sexual Reproduction
16. NMAT - Style Question
17. Viruses
18. NMAT - Style Question
19. Prions
1. Natural Selection Concept Map
1. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Unity and Diversity of Life
2. Mixed Unity and Diversity of Life Questions. Part 1 of 2 Parts
3. Mixed Unity and Diversity of Life Questions. Part 2 of 2 Parts
1. Video: Concept Map Overview of Cell Biology
1. BIG IDEA
2. Warm Up: Flashcards on Cell Structure
3. Key Organelles of a Typical Animal Cell
4. NMAT - Style Questions
5. Key Organelles of a Typical Plant Cell
1. BIG IDEA
2. Warm-Up: Flashcards on Cell Transport
3. Passive vs Active Transport . Diffusion and Osmosis.
4. Animation: Passive Transport
5. Animation: Active Transport
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Osmosis and Concentration of Solutions.
8. Video: Tonicity in Animals vs Plant Cells
9. NMAT - Style Questions
10. The Plasma Membrane and its Channel Proteins
1. BIG IDEA
2. Warm Up Questions
3. The Cell Cycle, Mitosis, and Cytokinesis
4. Video: A closer Look at Interphase
5. Animation: Mitosis
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Overview of Meiosis
8. Animation: Meiosis
9. NMAT - Style Questions
10. Gametes, Sexual Reproduction, and Genetic Variation
1. BIG IDEA
2. Warm Up: Flashcards on Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis
3. Genes and DNA
4. DNA Replication
5. Animation: A closer look at DNA Replication
6. Genetic Code and The Central Dogma.
7. Animation: Protein Synthesis
8. NMAT - Style Questions
9. Steps in Protein Synthesis
10. Video: Protein Processing
11. Mutations
12. NMAT - Style Question
1. BIG IDEA
2. Major Biomolecules and their Functional Groups
3. Polymers
4. NMAT - Style Question
5. Sugars, Carbohydrates, and their Derivatives
6. Amino Acids and Protein Structure
7. NMAT - Style Question
8. Fatty Acids, Lipids, Fats, and their Derivatives
9. NMAT - Style Question
10. Nucleic Acids and their Derivatives
11. NMAT - Style Question
1. BIG IDEA
2. Overview of Cellular Respiration
3. Animation: Cellular Respiration
4. NMAT - Style Question
5. Glycolysis
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Krebs Cycle
8. Oxidative Phosphorylation and the Electron Transport Chain
9. NMAT - Style Question
10. ATP Yield in Cellular Respiration
11. Anaerobic Respiration and Fermentation
12. Enzyme Action in Cells
1. Cell Growth and Reproduction Concept Map
1. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Cells and Cellular Processes. Part 1 of 3 Parts
2. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Cells and Cellular Processes. Part 2 of 3 Parts
3. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Cells and Cellular Processes. Part 3 of 3 Parts
4. Mixed Cells and Cellular Processes Questions. Part 1 of 3 Parts
5. Mixed Cells and Cellular Processes Questions. Part 2 of 3 Parts
6. Mixed Cells and Cellular Processes Questions. Part 3 of 3 Parts
1. Video: Concept Map Overview of DNA, Genes, and Heredity
2. Warm Up: Flashcards on Genetics
1. BIG IDEA
2. Mendel's Inheritance Experiments. Monohybrid Cross. Punnett square.
3. Genotype vs. Phenotype
4. Rules of Inheritance. Dominant and Recessive Alleles.
5. NMAT - Style Questions
6. Genotypic and Phenotypic Ratio
7. Codominance and Incomplete Dominance
8. NMAT-Style Questions (genotype/phenotype ratio)
9. Pedigree Charts and Patterns of Inheritance
10. Pedigree Chart Analysis
11. Video: Interpreting Pedigree Charts Part 1
12. Video: Interpreting Pedigree Charts Part 2
13. NMAT - Style Question
14. Video: More on Interpreting Pedigrees
15. Video: Wrap up of Important Concepts in Inheritance and Genes
1. BIG IDEA
2. Chromosome Theory of Inheritance. Chromosome Behavior During Meiosis.
3. Haploid and Diploid Number of Chromosomes. Homologous Chromosomes. Crossing Over in Meiosis.
4. NMAT - Style Question
5. Errors in Meosis. Genetic Abnormalities.
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Sources of Genetic Variation: Crossing Over and Random Segregation
8. Sex Chromosomes. Barr Bodies.
9. Video: X-Inactivation (Barr Bodies)
10. NMAT - Style Question
11. Sex-Linked Genes
12. NMAT - Style Questions
1. BIG IDEA
2. Principles of Population Genetics. Allele Frequency. Gene Pool.
3. NMAT - Style Question
4. Changes to Allele Frequency. Evolution in Populations. Hardy Weinberg Principle.
5. Conditions to Maintain the Hardy-Weinberg Principle.
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Hardy-Weinberg Equation Worked Examples (edited January 2024)
8. NMAT - Style Question
9. Video Tutorial: Solving Hardy-Weinberg problems.
1. BIG IDEA
2. What is Genetic Engineering?
3. Recombinant DNA Technology. Restriction Enzyme, Ligase, and Plasmid.
4. NNAT - Style Question
5. Video: Desirable Traits of a Plasmid
6. Natural Gene Transfer in Prokaryotes. Transformation, Transduction, and Conjugation
7. Video: Horizontal vs Vertical Gene Transfer
8. NMAT - Style Question
9. Video: Gene Transfer and Antibiotic Resistance
10. Gene Therapy. Vector. Adenovirus.
11. Video: Gene Therapy Example
12. NMAT - Style Questions
13. Ethical Issues.
1. Heredity Concept Map
1. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions on Genetics. Part 1 of 2 Parts
2. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions on Genetics. Part 2 of 2 Parts
3. Mixed Genetics Questions. Part 1 of 3 Parts
4. Mixed Genetics Questions. Part 2 of 3 Parts
5. Mixed Genetics Questions. Part 3 of 3 Parts
1. Ecology - the interrelationships among living organisms and their non-living environments
1. BIG IDEA
2. Populations and Population Growth
3. Ecological Community and Symbiotic Relationships
4. Ecological Competition
5. Ecological Succession
6. Video: Types of Ecological Succession
7. NMAT - Style Questions
1. BIG IDEA
2. Biotic and Abiotic Factors in Ecosystems
3. Energy Flow and the Ecological Pyramid
4. Video: Energy Pyramid and Trophic Levels
5. Threats to Ecosystems
6. Biomes
7. NMAT - Style Questions
1. Ecology Concept Map
1. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Organisms and their Environment. Part 1 of 2 Parts
2. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Organisms and their Environment. Part 2 of 2 Parts
3. High-Yield Questions
1. Development
1. BIG IDEA
2. Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction
3. NMAT - Style Question
4. External vs Internal Fertilization. Human Fertilization
5. NMAT - Style Question
6. Female Reproductive System
7. Video: Monozygotic vs Dizygotic Twins
8. Male Reproductive System
9. NMAT - Style Question
10. Video: Homologous Structures in Male-Female Reproductive Organs
11. Oogenesis and Spermatogenesis
12. Video: Oogenesis vs Spermatogenesis
13. Female and Male Reproductive Cycles
14. Hormones of Puberty
15. NMAT - Style Question
1. Animal Development: BIG IDEA
2. Video: Animal vs Plant Development
3. Direct and Indirect Development. Embryogenesis.
4. NMAT - Style Question
5. Amniote Characteristics
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Cell Differentiation. Organogenesis in Vertebrates.
8. NMAT - Style Questions
9. Video: Differentiated Cells vs Stem Cells
1. Embryonic Development_Concept Map
1. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Development.
2. Mixed Development Questions. Part 1 of 3 Parts
3. Mixed Development Questions. Part 2 of 3 Parts
4. Mixed Development Questions. Part 3 of 3 Parts
1. Video: Synthesis of Major Organ Systems and Homeostasis
2. Video: Human Body 101
1. BIG IDEA
2. Warm up: Organ System Big Ideas
3. Blood Pathway through the Human Heart
4. NMAT - Style Question
5. Cardiac Cycle
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. Video: Stages of the Cardiac Cycle
8. Blood Pathway through the Blood Vessels
9. Blood Components
10. The Lymphatic System
11. Video: Main Functions of the Lymphatic System
12. Gas Exchange
13. NMAT - Style Questions
14. Mechanics of Breathing
15. Coaching Video: Homeostatic Function of the Circulatory System
16. Coaching Video: Hypoxia and Erythrocytes
1. BIG IDEA
2. Digestive Mechanisms
3. Major Endocrine Glands
4. NMAT - Style Questions
5. Video: Accessory Organs of the Digestive System and their Excretions
6. Video: Digestive Tract Lining
7. The Kidneys and Osmoregulation
8. Nephron Anatomy and Ultrafiltration
9. Video: Ultrafiltration in the Nephron
10. NMAT - Style Question
1. BIG IDEA
2. Organization of the Vertebrate Nervous System
3. The Central Nervous System: Brain and Spinal Cord
4. Brain Anatomy
5. Video: Parts of the Forebrain
6. NMAT - Style Question
7. The Spinal Cord and the Reflex Arc
8. The Peripheral Nervous System : Somatic and Autonomic Divisions, Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nerves/Stimulations
9. Video: Cranial Nerves
10. NMAT - Style Question
11. Neuron Anatomy: Soma, Axon, Dendrite. Myelin Sheath, Nodes of Ranvier, Schwann Cells
12. Video: Saltatory Conduction in the Axon
13. Neuron Synapses and Nerve Impulses
14. Video: Interference to Neurotransmitters by Drugs
15. Membrane Potentials of the Neuron
16. NMAT - Style Question
17. Neuromuscular Junction
18. NMAT - Style Question
19. Skeletal Muscle Microanatomy and Contraction (Sliding Filament Hypothesis)
20. Video: Inhibition of Muscle Contraction by Toxins
1. BIG IDEA
2. Endocrine System Concept Map
3. Hormone-Target Cell Interaction
4. Nervous System vs Endocrine System
5. Important Hormones
6. The Hypothalamus
7. The Pituitary Gland
8. NMAT - Style Question
9. Major Glands and their Hormones
10. Video: Answering a Hormone-Related Question and Overview of Major Endocrine Hormones
11. Video: Answering a Hormone-Related Question
12. NMAT - Style Question
13. Homeostasis: Negative and Positive Feedback Mechanisms
14. Animation: How Negative Feedback Maintains Homeostasis
15. Video: Answering Negative Feedback Mechanism Questions
16. NMAT - Style Question
1. BIG IDEA
2. Innate and Adaptive Immunity
3. Video: Innate vs Adaptive Immunity
4. External Barriers of the Body
5. Video: The Skin as First Line of Defense
6. Phagocytosis
7. NMAT - Style Question
8. The Immune Response: Antigen-Antibody Interaction
9. NMAT - Style Question
10. Lymphocytes: B and T Cells
11. Animation: Adaptive Immunity
12. NMAT - Style Question
13. Organ Transplant Triggers the Immune Response
14. Natural vs Artificial Immunity; Types of Vaccines
1. BIG IDEA
2. Root and Shoot Systems
3. NMAT - Style Question
4. Video: Gas exchange structures in plants
5. Plant Adaptations
6. Primary and Secondary Plant Growth
7. Plant Tissue Types: Dermal, Ground, and Vascular
8. Video: Ground Tissues
9. Video: Vascular Tissues
10. The Stomata and Gas Exchange in Plants
11. Photosynthesis: Light-Dependent and Light-Independent Reactions
12. NMAT - Style Question
13. Video: By-Products of Photosynthesis
14. Plant Growth Hormones
15. Video: Apical Dominance and Plant Hormone Interactions
16. NMAT - Style Question
17. Plant Tropisms
18. Angiosperm Life Cycle
19. Animal vs Plat Fertilization
1. Human Body System, Homeostasis, Plant Physiology Concept Maps
1. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Life Processes: Regulation and Homeostasis. Part 1 of 3 Parts.
2. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Life Processes: Regulation and Homeostasis. Part 2 of 3 Parts.
3. CEM (2019). Practice Set Questions. Life Processes: Regulation and Homeostasis. Part 3 of 3 Parts.
1. Video: The Vestibular System and Motion Sickness
1. Practice Test 1
2. Practice Test 2
3. Practice Test 3
4. Practice Test 4
1. Biology Exam
1. How To Use Concept Maps
2. Read before you download: COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
3. Natural Selection Concept Map
4. Cell Growth and Reproduction Concept Map
5. Heredity Concept Map
6. Ecology Concept Map
7. Embryonic Development_Concept Map
8. Human Body Systems Mind Map
9. Homeostasis Concept Map
10. Plant Anatomy Concept Map

About this course

8.5 hours of video content
23 Comprehensive Lessons
400 Practice Questions
3 or 6 Months Access

COURSE INTRO

Overview of Unit 1: UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE

Lesson 1: Principles of Evolution

Lesson 2: How New Species Form

Lesson 3: Biodiversity and Classification Systems

DOWNLOAD: Concept Map for Natural Selection/Evolution

Coaching Videos: Practice Questions and Rationale (Unity and Diversity of Life)

Overview of Unit 2: CELLS AND CELLULAR PROCESSES

Lesson 1: Eukaryotic Cell Structure

Lesson 2: Cell Transport

Lesson 3: Cell Division

Lesson 4: The Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis

Lesson 5: Biochemical Compounds

Lesson 6: Cellular Respiration

DOWNLOAD: Cell Growth and Reproduction Concept Map

Coaching Videos: Practice Set Questions and Rationale (Cells and Cellular Processes)

Overview of Unit 3: GENETICS

Lesson 1: Inheritance and Genes

Lesson 2: Inheritance and Chromosomes

Lesson 3: Population Genetics

Lesson 4: Genetic Engineering

DOWNLOAD: Heredity Concept Map

Coaching Videos: Practice Set Questions and Rationale (Genetics)

Overview of Unit 4: ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

Lesson 1: Populations and Community Interactions

Lesson 2: Ecosystems

Download: Ecology Concept Map

Coaching Videos: Practice Set Questions and Rationale (Organisms and their Environment)

Overview of Unit 5: DEVELOPMENT

Lesson 1: Animal Reproduction

Lesson 2: Animal Development

DOWNLOAD: Embryonic Development Concept Map

Coaching Videos: Practice Questions and Rationale (Development)

Overview of Unit 6 . LIFE PROCESSES: REGULATION AND HOMEOSTASIS

Lesson 1: Circulation and Gas Exchange

Lesson 2: Digestion and Regulation of Metabolic Wastes

Lesson 3: Nervous Control and the Neuromuscular Function

Lesson 4: Hormonal Control

Lesson 5: The Immune System

Lesson 6: Plant Physiology

DOWNLOADS: Concept Maps

Coaching Videos: Practice Questions and Rationale (Life Processes: Regulation and Homeostasis)

Miscellaneous Materials

Practice Tests

Exam

PRINTABLES: COMPILED BIOLOGY CONCEPT MAPS

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