We will quickly move to the deeper questions of science, assuming that you can understand the basics. Keeping up with your homework will be very important. However, that does not mean that you only study for this course when there will be a test. Keep up with your work and studying for the tests will not be as difficult. There will be some quizzes for when we have covered less material, and they are generally worth half as much as a test .
Biology involves a considerable amount of memorization and lots of new terms.
A good way to study would be to make note cards of all the new terms you encounter. As much as possible, we will focus on understanding the concepts more than memorizing the definitions.