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College Biology · Lessons

College Biology lessons

10 sections · 69 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

College Biology

Practice 69 skills across this outline.

Recommended next
Cell to Cell Communication
Physiology: Organismal Form & Function
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
10 categories
Physiology: Organismal Form & Function
10%
Cell Signaling & Cell Cycle
10%
Biochemistry Foundations
10%
Cell Structure & Function
10%
Bioenergetics & Metabolism
10%
Scientific Practices & Bio Data Skills
10%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of college biology — drill into a card to work its skills.

Physiology: Organismal Form & Function

5 core skills10% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Cell to Cell CommunicationRecommended
Long-form
2
Membrane Transport in PhysiologyAvailable
Long-form
3
Major Organ Systems & Their FunctionsAvailable
Long-form
4
Homeostasis & FeedbackAvailable
Long-form
5
Energy Balance & Metabolic RegulationAvailable
Long-form

Cell Signaling & Cell Cycle

6 core skills10% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Introduction to Signal TransductionAvailable
Long-form
2
Regulation of Cell CycleAvailable
Long-form
3
Signal Transduction PathwaysAvailable
Long-form
4
FeedbackAvailable
Long-form
5
Cell CycleAvailable
Long-form
6
Cell Communication & SignalingAvailable
Long-form

Biochemistry Foundations

7 core skills10% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Structure of Water and Hydrogen BondingAvailable
Long-form
2
LipidsAvailable
Long-form
3
ProteinsAvailable
Long-form
4
CarbohydratesAvailable
Long-form
5
Introduction to MacromoleculesAvailable
Long-form
6
Nucleic AcidsAvailable
Long-form
7
Elements of LifeAvailable
Long-form

Cell Structure & Function

10 core skills10% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
Membrane PermeabilityAvailable
Long-form
2
Cell SizeAvailable
Long-form
3
Mechanisms of TransportAvailable
Long-form
4
Membrane TransportAvailable
Long-form
5
Origins of Cell CompartmentalizationAvailable
Long-form
6
Cell CompartmentalizationAvailable
Long-form
7
Facilitated DiffusionAvailable
Long-form
8
Tonicity and OsmoregulationAvailable
Long-form
9
Plasma MembraneAvailable
Long-form
10
Cell Structure and FunctionAvailable
Long-form

Bioenergetics & Metabolism

5 core skills10% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Environmental Impacts on Enzyme FunctionAvailable
Long-form
2
Cellular RespirationAvailable
Long-form
3
Cellular EnergyAvailable
Long-form
4
PhotosynthesisAvailable
Long-form
5
EnzymesAvailable
Long-form

Scientific Practices & Bio Data Skills

5 core skills10% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Experimental DesignAvailable
Long-form
2
Lab TechniquesAvailable
Long-form
3
Reading Scientific FiguresAvailable
Long-form
4
Data InterpretationAvailable
Long-form
5
Probability/Statistics in BiologyAvailable
Long-form

Inheritance & Genetics

5 core skills10% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Mendelian GeneticsAvailable
Long-form
2
Non-Mendelian GeneticsAvailable
Long-form
3
MeiosisAvailable
Long-form
4
Environmental Effects on PhenotypeAvailable
Long-form
5
Meiosis and Genetic DiversityAvailable
Long-form

Evolution & Natural Selection

11 core skills10% total weight
0/11 completed
11 skills to mastery
1
Variations in PopulationsAvailable
Long-form
2
Population GeneticsAvailable
Long-form
3
PhylogenyAvailable
Long-form
4
SpeciationAvailable
Long-form
5
Natural SelectionAvailable
Long-form
6
Evidence of EvolutionAvailable
Long-form
7
Common AncestryAvailable
Long-form
8
Hardy-Weinberg EquilibriumAvailable
Long-form
9
Continuing EvolutionAvailable
Long-form
10
Artificial SelectionAvailable
Long-form
11
Origins of Life on EarthAvailable
Long-form

Gene Expression & Regulation

8 core skills10% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
DNA ReplicationAvailable
Long-form
2
DNA and RNA StructureAvailable
Long-form
3
Regulation of Gene TranscriptionAvailable
Long-form
4
MutationsAvailable
Long-form
5
Transcription and RNA ProcessingAvailable
Long-form
6
Gene Expression and Cell SpecializationAvailable
Long-form
7
TranslationAvailable
Long-form
8
BiotechnologyAvailable
Long-form

Ecology & Population Dynamics

7 core skills10% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Effect of Density on PopulationsAvailable
Long-form
2
Community EcologyAvailable
Long-form
3
Responses to the EnvironmentAvailable
Long-form
4
Disruptions in EcosystemsAvailable
Long-form
5
BiodiversityAvailable
Long-form
6
Population Ecology & Growth ModelsAvailable
Long-form
7
Energy Flow Through EcosystemsAvailable
Long-form