AP® BIOLOGY EQUATIONS AND FORMULAS
Statistical Analysis and Probability
¥ = sample mean
‘Standard Deviation
F faz n = size of the sample
n= ‘5 = sample standard deviation (i... the sample-based
‘estimate of the standard deviation of the
Standard Error of the Mean Chi-Sauare poputation)
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s 225 le-e) =
A ve 0 = observed results
SE = nS
Chi-Square Table le
? Degrees of Freedom Degrees of freedom are equal to the number of
eae na at |eiaiat era ea [Pera te ss nom [oman ls distinct possible outcomes minus one.
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Laws of Probability Metric Prefixes
IFA and B are mutually exclusive, then: —— ne —
P(A or B)= P(A) + P(B) 10° sia a
IfA and B are independent, then: 10° mega M
5 10° kilo k
P(A and B)= P(A) x P(B) io? a A
iy-Weinberg Equations 0% milli m
Pripgtget P= frequency of the dominant allele . 1 micro #
in a population a :
peqel 4= frequency of the recessive allele MY a a
in a population
Mode = value that occurs most frequently in a data set
Median = middle value that separates the greater and lesser halves of a data set
Mean = sum of all data points divided by number of data points
Range = value obtained by subtracting the smallest observation (sample minimum) from the greatest (sample maximum)Rate and Growth
d= amount of change
Rate
ay dt = change in time
i B= birth rte
Population Growth
‘aN D= death rate
Wes-p
a N= population size
a K= carrying capacity
“Ton Tax = maximum per capita
ogistic Growth growth rate of population
aN wf K= ™)
dee NK T;= higher temperature
Temperature Coefficient Qie
T= lower temperature
Water Potential (‘¥ )
Wah +s
Wp = pressure potential
Ys = solute potential
The water potential will be equal to
the solute potential of a solution in an
‘open container because the pressure
potential of the solution in an open.
container is zero,
‘The Solute Potential of a Solution
Mg = ~iCRT
i= ionization constant (this is 1.0 for
At } becat 4
ra - sucrose because sucrose does not
: 4, = reaction rate at 7, jonize in water)
Primary Productivity Calculation 5;
mg Op 0.698 mL _ mL Oz ‘ky = reaction rate at Ty C= molar concentration
cL mg Tc R= pressure constant (R = 0.0831 lite
jo the factor by which the press 0831 Her
LO, ,0536mgC ited _ mp fred eee bars/mole K)
eet the temperature is raised by smperature in Kelvin (°C +273)
(at standard temperature and pressure) 7
ten degrees
Surface Area and Volume r= radius Dilution (used to create a dilute solution from a
trated stock solution)
Volume of a Sphere - —
are =length v= CMe
= $e ae
ern om ‘= height (starting) C= concentration of solute
ee = final (desired) = volume of solution
Volume ofa Right Cinder length ofone_ | lbbs Free Energy
M ae side of acube | AG=AH- TAS
‘Surface Area of a Sphere
ae ant “Amsurtace area | 467 change in Gibbs free energy
Surface Area of a Cube yevolume 45 = change in entropy
A= 6s? AH = change in enthalpy
Surface Ar Jar Soli = sum ofall — |_7= absolute temperature (in Kelvin)
A= Disurface area of each side pH=—log fH")