CLEP: Natural Sciences

Students will demonstrate an understanding of evolution and classification of life by explaining the study of the earliest forms of life, describing the relationship between animal and human evolution, comparing the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium and the mechanisms of speciation, and explaining the classification of living organisms.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of cellular and molecular biology by summarizing cell structure, explaining the chemical nature of the gene, describing cell division, and explaining biosynthesis.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of biological foundations by describing the structures of organisms, explaining the functions of organisms, summarizing the anatomy of animal systems, and explaining genetics.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of ecology and population biology by explaining the fundamentals of ecology, describing population growth, and explaining the relationship between community structure and biogeography.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of atomic chemistry by describing the structure of an atom, explaining the periodic table, and explaining nuclear reactions.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of reaction chemistry by explaining chemical elements, describing chemical bonding, and explaining H2O and biomolecules.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of physics by explaining heat and thermodynamics, describing physical properties, and explaining classical mechanics and relativity.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of energy by explaining electricity and circuits, describing electricity and magnetism, and explaining types of waves of energy.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the universe by explaining the solar system and describing the seasons and the moon.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the earth by explaining the earth’s atmosphere and describing the earth’s layers.