TASC Transdisciplinary Science study plan

Map the four exam domains against your current confidence and rank the Life Science subtopics from weakest to strongest

Explain cell structure, organelle function, and the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells without notes

Diagram and describe the stages of mitosis and meiosis, naming what separates at each stage

Define homeostasis and give three body-system examples of negative feedback

Trace how DNA is transcribed and translated into a protein, using a codon chart correctly

Distinguish dominant, recessive, codominant, and sex-linked inheritance patterns and predict offspring ratios with Punnett squares

Compare photosynthesis and cellular respiration by inputs, outputs, and location in the cell

Classify organisms by trophic level and predict how removing one level shifts a food web

Use the periodic table to predict valence electrons, bonding type, and relative reactivity for main-group elements

Balance chemical equations and classify reactions as synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, or combustion

Apply the gas laws and the ideal gas relationship to solve for pressure, volume, or temperature

Differentiate ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds by electron behavior and resulting properties

Apply Newton's three laws to everyday motion scenarios and draw free-body diagrams

Calculate speed, velocity, acceleration, force, work, power, and mechanical energy from word problems

Describe wave properties including frequency, wavelength, amplitude, and how reflection and refraction change a wave's path

Distinguish series from parallel circuits and predict current and voltage behavior in each

Describe Earth's layered interior and relate plate boundary types to earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building

Interpret a rock cycle diagram and classify samples as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic by formation process

Explain how Earth's rotation, revolution, tilt, and axial orientation produce day, night, seasons, and moon phases

Summarize the water cycle and distinguish weather from climate with two measurable variables each

Compare the life cycles and scale of stars, including how stellar mass determines a star's end state

Interpret a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram to place stars by luminosity and temperature

Design a controlled experiment that identifies independent, dependent, and controlled variables for a given question

Evaluate a data table or graph for trends, outliers, and whether the conclusion is supported

Convert between metric units and express answers with correct significant figures and scientific notation

Distinguish a hypothesis, theory, and law, and identify which claims are testable

Apply cause-and-effect, systems, and energy-and-matter reasoning to explain one phenomenon from each of the first three domains

Analyze a multi-step scenario that combines a biology concept with data interpretation

Complete two timed full-length practice sets and record accuracy by domain

Re-teach your two weakest subtopics aloud or in writing from memory

Correct every missed practice item and name the specific misconception behind each error

Build a final one-page formula and concept sheet covering all four domains