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Biology by Bradford — AP Biology practice questions

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Original practice questions © Biology by Bradford.

Original sources

AP Biology question bank and unit practice papers, including Unit 1: Chemistry of Life.

License

Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Material covered by this entry

Bradford's original AP Biology practice questions, answer explanations, and scoring guidelines. The AP-only import was prepared on October 7, 2026; question wording was preserved. FranksBio uses the multiple-choice and free-response questions in each unit's Question Bank and in Build a Paper. Changes: removal of the answer letter at the start of each explanation, capitalization of the first letter of explanations, reorganization of free-response scoring guidance into self-scored points, and presentation in FranksBio's own page design. Items that mention terms beyond the AP Biology course framework are labeled as unscored enrichment.

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iNaturalist sightings, Leaflet, and OpenStreetMap

Used on

Nature Near Pontotoc.

Sightings and photos

Observation data and photos are loaded live from the public iNaturalist API. iNaturalist is a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. Each photo remains the property of its observer and is shown with the attribution and license the observer chose, as listed on each card. FranksBio does not copy or store these photos.

Map software

Leaflet 1.9.4, © Volodymyr Agafonkin and contributors, BSD 2-Clause License.

Map tiles and data

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Tiles from the OpenStreetMap Foundation tile servers, used under their tile usage policy.

NASA images and data

Used on

Astronomy Picture of the Day, Earth from Space, Space Biology Gallery, and GeneLab: Genes in Space.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Loaded live from NASA Science's APOD feed (the successor to the api.nasa.gov APOD API). APOD is written by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell. Many APOD images are copyrighted by their photographers; each picture shows its credit and copyright as supplied by APOD.

Earth from Space

Whole-Earth images from the NASA EPIC team (DSCOVR spacecraft). Map layers from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA EOSDIS: MODIS Terra NDVI, VIIRS NOAA-20 thermal anomalies, GHRSST MUR sea surface temperature, VIIRS NOAA-20 chlorophyll a, and the Blue Marble base map from NASA Earth Observatory. Maps use Leaflet (see above).

Space Biology Gallery

Photos and videos loaded live from the NASA Image and Video Library. Each item credits NASA and, where given, its photographer and NASA center.

GeneLab: Genes in Space

Study titles, organisms, and missions from NASA's Open Science Data Repository (GeneLab), selected for this page in October 2026. Summaries are written for FranksBio.

Terms

NASA material is generally not subject to copyright in the United States, but it may not be used to imply NASA endorsement, and some items include material owned by others. See the NASA images and media guidelines. FranksBio is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA.

eBird bird records

Used on

Birds Near Pontotoc.

Source

Sightings and hotspots from eBird through the eBird API 2.0, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, used under the eBird API Terms of Use. Records are contributed by birders; notable sightings may not be reviewed. Bird photos come from iNaturalist (see above) with each photographer’s credit.

GBIF biodiversity records

Used on

Biodiversity near Pontotoc.

Source

Occurrence records and photos loaded live from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) API. Each record links to GBIF, where its publishing dataset, recorder, and license (CC0, CC BY, or CC BY-NC) are listed. Photos stay the property of their creators. Map tiles are from OpenStreetMap contributors with Leaflet (see above).

Weather and climate data

Used on

Pontotoc Weather and Weather and Climate.

Open-Meteo

Forecasts, past weather, and climate records from Open-Meteo.com, licensed CC BY 4.0. Historical data come from the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF).

National Weather Service

Alerts from the NWS API and the KGWX (Columbus AFB) radar loop from radar.weather.gov. NWS material is a U.S. government work and not subject to copyright.

Protein structures

Used on

3D Protein Viewer.

Structures

Coordinates and entry details from the RCSB Protein Data Bank (H.M. Berman et al., 2000, Nucleic Acids Research 28:235–242). PDB data are free of copyright under CC0 1.0.

Viewer

3Dmol.js (Rego and Koes, 2015, Bioinformatics 31:1322–1324), BSD 3-Clause license, loaded from jsDelivr.

Weather page and coaches' guidance

MHSAA guidance

Heat and lightning rules are summarized from the Mississippi High School Activities Association: Using WetBulb Globe to Modify Activities, SMAC Heat Update 2026, Lightning Guidelines, and Sports Medicine. FranksBio is not affiliated with MHSAA.

WBGT estimate

Calculated in the browser with a JavaScript version of the method in J.C. Liljegren et al., 2008, “Modeling the wet bulb globe temperature using standard meteorological measurements,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 5:645–655. It is an estimate, not a measurement.

School locations

Coordinates for South Pontotoc Attendance Center, North Pontotoc Attendance Center, and Pontotoc High School come from the U.S. Census Geocoder, cross-checked with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Addresses are from the school districts' websites.

Air quality

Modeled US AQI from the Open-Meteo Air Quality API (CAMS data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, CC BY 4.0). Activity guidance from EPA, Air Quality and Outdoor Activity Guidance for Schools (EPA-456/F-14-003). Official readings: AirNow.

Headlines, flooding, winter

NWS Memphis Local Headline Definitions; NWS Turn Around Don't Drown; road conditions link to Mississippi DOT MDOTtraffic; school announcements link to the Pontotoc County School District and Pontotoc City School District.

NOAA Weather Radio

SAME code and transmitters from NWS NOAA Weather Radio coverage. No audio stream is used.

Compliance checklist

Items are summarized from Miss. Code Ann. § 37-11-87 (SB 2349), MHSAA SMAC guidance (Emergency Action Plan, Cold Water Immersion), the NFHS lightning guidelines, and the MDE School Safety Manual.

Lightning maps

Links only, to LightningMaps.org and Blitzortung.org (community networks).

Space station and Mars

ISS position from Where the ISS at?. Mars rover raw images from NASA/JPL-Caltech via mars.nasa.gov.

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