Biology Terms and Concepts

A list of links to help you with your biology studies.

http://tinyurl.com/3mrdaye This is an easy-to-navigate glossary of biology terms. It covers pretty much every biology area, from botany to anatomy. This would be great for looking up terms you're unclear about or want a more easy-to-understand definitions. 


http://tinyurl.com/estgj This is an extremely extensive online textbook. This has a bunch of information on many different fields of biology, yet is still easy to navigate. And if there are any questions, the homepage has instructions on how to get the info you need. Love it!


http://tinyurl.com/3w4fb3m A more extensive and detailed online biology glossary, making it best for college- or AP-level biology students.


http://tinyurl.com/42rqsjg If it's been awhile since you've had a biology class or learned about a certain aspect of biology, this about.com entry will be a big help. It gives a "cliffnotes" version of major biology concepts and is a great refresher. 


http://tinyurl.com/6f4blu3 This site is a great place to get information on the basic principles of life. It includes info on evolution, the biology hierarchy, genetics, etc. This provides a good foundation to further biology concepts. 


http://tinyurl.com/429vrf2 Love using flashcards but don't have time to make them? This site is perfect for you! It has flashcards for many different areas of biology, especially genetics. This url links to the basic genetics set of flashcards, but the other areas are listed on this page as well. 


http://tinyurl.com/3sc7bfe This site has the exams and lecture notes for BIOL 1105 from Virginia Tech University. This is an amazing resource for supplemental material as well as possible test questions you might come across in your Principles of Biology course. You can also search for other courses and universities.


http://tinyurl.com/3ptnfwr This is another site for a Principles of Biology course. It has reviews for several different exams, and would be great to give you an idea of how to prepare for tests and the terms you might want to know.


http://tinyurl.com/3mutle3 This is a quiz site that is great to use as a review resource. While this tests for chapters 2 and 3 of a principals of biology text (with links to more quizzes in the sidebar), anyone can use this as a review.


http://tinyurl.com/3n2vgtz MIT has a great online program where they post lectures, notes, and other resources to many of their courses. This is MIT's youtube channel where they post lecture videos for an array of subjects. This is the search results for all of the biology videos they've uploaded. So great!