Biology study guides
VA-SOL Β· Virginia SOL Β· aligned to VDOE.
- Virginia Biology SOL ecology and interdependence: a complete overview of energy flow, nutrient cycles, succession, population dynamics, and human impact for BIO.8
A deep-dive guide to the ecology half of the Virginia Biology SOL Reporting Category 4, standard BIO.8: energy flow through trophic levels and the ten percent rule, the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles, ecological succession, population dynamics and carrying capacity, and human impact on Virginia ecosystems such as the Chesapeake Bay, with the graphs and cause-and-effect chains the EOC repeats.
π 17 min readBIO.8 - Virginia Biology SOL evolution and classification: a complete overview of the evidence for evolution, natural selection, speciation, and classification for BIO.6 and BIO.7
A deep-dive guide to the evolution and classification part of the Virginia Biology SOL Reporting Category 4: the evidence for evolution, natural selection and adaptation, how speciation happens through geographic and reproductive isolation, and how organisms are classified into domains and kingdoms and placed on phylogenetic trees, with the patterns the EOC repeats for BIO.6 and BIO.7.
π 17 min readBIO.6-BIO.7 - Virginia Biology SOL Module 1 scientific investigation: a complete overview of experimental design, data and graphs, conclusions, and models for BIO.1
A deep-dive guide to Module 1 of the Virginia Biology SOL: experimental design and variables, data tables and graphs, drawing valid conclusions, and using models, with the scientific-investigation skills the EOC weaves through every reporting category.
π 17 min readBIO.1 - Virginia Biology SOL Module 2 biochemistry: a complete overview of water, macromolecules, enzymes, photosynthesis, and respiration for BIO.2
A deep-dive guide to Module 2 of the Virginia Biology SOL: the chemistry of water, the four macromolecules, enzymes and activation energy, and the connected processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, with the energy and matter ideas the EOC tests.
π 18 min readBIO.2 - Virginia Biology SOL Module 3 cells: a complete overview of cell theory, organelles, transport, mitosis, and meiosis for BIO.3
A deep-dive guide to Module 3 of the Virginia Biology SOL: cell theory and types of cells, the organelles and their functions, the selectively permeable membrane and transport, the cell cycle and mitosis with its link to cancer, and meiosis and genetic variation.
π 18 min readBIO.3 - Virginia Biology SOL Module 4 bacteria, viruses, and disease: a complete overview of viruses, bacteria, germ theory, and immunity for BIO.4
A deep-dive guide to Module 4 of the Virginia Biology SOL: viruses and their host dependence, bacterial structure and roles, the germ theory of infectious disease, and the immune system, with the contrasts and graphs the EOC tests.
π 16 min readBIO.4 - Virginia Biology SOL Module 5 molecular and genetic biology: a complete overview of DNA, protein synthesis, inheritance, mutations, and biotechnology for BIO.5
A deep-dive guide to Module 5 of the Virginia Biology SOL: DNA structure and replication, protein synthesis, Mendelian genetics and Punnett squares, patterns of inheritance, mutations and genetic variation, and biotechnology, with the calculations and cluster patterns the EOC repeats.
π 19 min readBIO.5