Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About Our Author and Editor -- About REA -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Passing the CLEP Biology Exam -- Getting Started -- The REA Study Center -- An Overview of the Exam -- All about the CLEP Program -- Options for Military Personnel and Veterans -- SSD Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities -- 6 -Week Study Plan -- Test-Taking Tips -- The Day of the Exam -- Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Biology -- Chemical Basis of Life -- Chemical Structure of Organic Compounds -- Chapter 3: Cellular and Molecular Biology -- Cell Structure and Function -- Properties of Cell Membranes -- Cell Organelles of Plants and Animals -- Animal Cells -- Plant Cells -- Enzymes -- Energy Transformations -- Molecular Basis of Heredity -- DNA Replication -- Structural and Regulatory Genes -- Transduction and Transformation -- Cell Division -- The Cell Cycle -- Mitosis -- Meiosis -- Restriction Enzymes -- Chapter 4: Plants (Botany) -- Plant Anatomy -- Angiosperms -- Plant Physiology -- Water and Mineral Absorption and Transport -- Food Translocation and Storage -- C3 and C4 Plants -- Plant Reproduction and Development -- Asexual Plant Reproduction -- Plant Growth and Development -- Chapter 5: Animals (Zoology) -- Animal Anatomy -- Tissues -- Systems -- Homeostatic Mechanisms -- Animal Reproduction and Development -- Chapter 6: Principles of Heredity (Genetics) -- Modern Genetics -- The Law of Segregation -- The Law of Dominance -- The Law of Independent Assortment -- Incomplete Dominance -- Multiple Alleles -- Linkage -- Polygenic Inheritance -- Chapter 7: Population Biology -- Ecology -- Ecological Cycles -- Population Growth and Regulation -- Limiting Factors -- Community Structure -- Biomes -- Island Biogeography -- Principles of Behavior -- Social Behavior -- Social Biology -- Human Population Growth.

Chapter 8: Evolution -- History of Evolutionary Concepts -- Darwinian Concept of Natural Selection -- Modern Concept of Natural Selection -- Mechanisms of Evolution -- Genetic Drift or Neutral Selection -- Hardy-Weinberg and Allele Frequencies -- Speciation -- Genetic Diversity -- Plant and Animal Evolution -- Evolution of the First Cells -- Plant Evolution -- Animal Evolution -- Human Evolution -- Evolutionary Ecology -- Diversity of Life -- Classification of Living Organisms -- Practice Test 1 -- Answer Key -- Detailed Explanations of Answers -- Practice Test 2 -- Answer Key -- Detailed Explanations of Answers -- Appendix: Laboratory Information -- Mathematics, Measurement, and Data Manipulation -- Measurements and Accuracy -- Interpreting Results -- Reporting Results -- Laboratory Procedures and Safety -- General -- Apparel -- Substance Control -- Fire Control -- Accidents -- Handling Live Organisms -- Glossary -- Index.