TEAS STUDY GUIDE
Format of test:
Content Time Test % of Scored
Areas Items Test Items
Reading 64 min 53 31% 47
Key Ideas and 22
Details
Craft and 14
Structure
Integration of 11
knowledge and
ideas
Mathematics 54 min 36 21% 32
Number and 23
Algebra
Measurement 9
and Data
Science 63 min 53 31% 47
Human 32
Anatomy and
Physiology
Life and 8
Physical
Sciences
Scientific 7
Reasoning
English and 28 min 28 17% 24
Language
Usage
Conventions of 9
Standard
English
Knowledge of 9
Language
Vocabulary 6
Acquisition
Total 209 min 170 150
Reading
- Must be aware of different types of passages (eg. expository,
narrative,persuasive, etc.,) and must know difference between primary and
secondary sources *
- Reading passages and answering questions (comprehension)
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Mathematics
- Familiarize with fractions, percentages and decimals; percent of fraction and
fraction to percent, percent to decimal, decimal to percent *
- Order of operations
- Area volume and perimeter of different shapes ( circle, rectangle, triangle)
- Know how to take word problems and turn them into equations and solve
- Circumference formula and volume of a cylinder
- Graphs; linear and bar graphs
- Converting one unit into another (eg. how many liters in a gallon?)* no
conversion key given*
- PEMDAS; basic algebra
- Know ratios
Science
- Anatomy and Physiology - * 11 BODY SYSTEMS
- must know body systems, organs and its functions, main structures and
components of that system and how they all work together; especially circulatory
and endocrine system*
**a lot of those questions will have to do with the different parts of the cell so this
is pretty basic this is like information most of us have learned in high school so
you want to …
- know that the mitochondria is what produces energy that the cell wall is
the structural support of the cell that choropleth is helps with
photosynthesis and produces ATP and other sugars
- cytoskeleton helps with the movements of the cell the golgi golgi
apparatus processes proteins you
- know that lysosomes aid in digestion for the cell and lysosomes also
recycle old cell materials
- as well then when it comes to the nucleus you want to know that the
nucleus is what holds all the genetic information of the cell and that the
nucleus actually builds the ribosomes know that
the plasma membrane is what maintains the cell environment.
- know that the cell membrane has selective permeability ribosomes synthesize
protein the rough endoplasmic reticulum synthesizes and processes proteins in
the cells and know that the smooth endoplasmic reticulum synthesizes and
processes lipids
- Know that vacuoles are the parts of the cell that store different elements like toxins and water and carbs as
well now.
- Characteristics of body systems/organs; **
- More A&P than Chemistry however; know protons and neutrons, how to calculate
charge, periodic table, difference between atomic mass and atomic number,
difference between ionic and covalent bonds, difference between cation and
anion, cell anatomy, different parts of cells, difference between active and
passive transport,balancing equations
* know what ionic bonds and covalent bonds are so when it comes to ionic
bonds I jot it down that is usually between elements that have large difference in
electronegativity so for example metals and nonmetals and in ionic bonds they
actually donate one electron of one of the elements to the other unlike covalent
and covalent bonds are the sharing of electrons so when it comes to covalent
bonds know that covalent bonds are between two nonmetals.
- know what synthesis is what decomposition is single replacement double
replacement and combustion the question i had was a combustion
question know what catalysts are know that catalyst decrease or lower the
activation energy needed or you could say required for chemical reactions
- probably going to get one question regarding acids and bases; know that
acids have a ph lower than seven and that bases have a ph higher than
seven and know that seven is neutral like water or blood acids provide a
hydrogen ion and know that bases accepts hydrogen ion
- know that the atomic mass equals protons plus neutrons and also know
that the atomic number
equals the number of protons
- know when it comes to different reactions know when a reaction loses an
electron you actually want to write a little positive symbol in it and vice versa
so when a reaction actually gains an electron you're going to write a negative
symbol
- keep in mind that all the proton all the elements that are on the periodic table are
neutral that's why they don't have a negative or a positive beside them
- know that ionic bonds conduct electricity and that they are soluble in water
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- Cellular Cycle and components cells; animal and plant cells
- Mitosis and Meiosis + the stages of them *
- Know difference between DNA and RNA*
- Example of questions: how does the blood flow through the heart when is it
deoxygenated when it is oxygenated? How does pituitary gland anterior and
posterior occur? What hormones are secreted and what do they do? What are
their functions? the connection between the hypothalamus and the pituitary
gland?
- - Know hormones for endocrine system; the aldosterone the renin what does it
do angiotensin things like that
More in depth…
- Direction of which blood flows through the heart, difference between, difference
between artery and veins, and when blood is oxygenated and deoxygenated
when it travels through the body, enzymes and hormones- which organs secrete
and control them
- Know the function of the liver, pancreas and kidneys
❖Integumentary System
● Know the layers! Where is the dermis, epidermis?What is contained in those
layers? What layer contains the heart, hair follicles, what layer contains the
blood vessels?
● Know the difference between innate and adaptive defense systems
❖ Gastro/Digestive System
● Know what acids, what enzymes are released and the functions of the small and
large intestines. ( also I actually had a question asking me it basically named one
of the parts of the large or small intestine and it asked me is this part of the large
intestine or is this part of the small intestine.
● Know its enzymes one being amylase which helps with the digestion of starches
and the other one being lipase which helps with the digestion of fats
● Know the different stomach secretions those secretions are pepsinogen which
helps digest the proteins hydrochloric acid and mucous
● Know the functions of the small intestine and the different parts you want to know
that the deodorant neutralizes acidic chyme and you also want to know that it
produces enzymes know that the small intestine has villi and microvilli which
helps absorb nutrients you also want to know that from the small intestine
● The hepatic duct carries nutrients to the liver you also want to know the path that
digested material travels you want to know that the vermiform appendix is the
junction between the small intestine and the large intestine and you also want to
know that vitamin k is absorbed by the large intestine you also want to know the
important hormones of the gastric system them being insulin and glucogen and
you also want to know the differences of insulin and glucogen you want to know
that insulin induces the cellular uptake of glucogen and then you also want to
know that glucogen stimulates the breakdown of stored glycogen.
❖Endocrine System
● know that the endocrine system secretes hormones into the circulatory system
one of the organs in the system is the pancreas and the pancreas releases
insulin the pancreas signals the cells when to uptake sugar and it also releases
glucogen when the blood sugar levels drop
● Know if the pancreas does not do this function it results in type 1 diabetes you
want to know that the pineal gland releases melatonin and you want to know that
the adrenal glands release epinephrine and when you think of the adrenal glands
and you think of epinephrine you want to think of the fight or flight response
● Know that the pituitary gland releases the growth hormone and the follicle
stimulating hormone as well and really important to notice that the hypothalamus
controls the pituitary further into the pituitary you want to know that the posterior
pituitary hormone releases oxytocin.
❖Neuromuscular System
● know the difference between afferent with the a and efferent so what i like to remember is think of sensory
when you think of afferent with the a and think of motor when you think of efferent with the e when it comes
to the afferent system they send signals to the cns which is the central nervous system and then you want to
know that effort with the e nerves send messages to the muscles you want to know that the muscles are of
sarcomere units and you want to know about those units as well.
● know the difference between actin which are the thin filaments and then you want to know myosin are the
thick filaments of the sarcomere units so know that actin those act when the muscles contract and the
myosin bind and pull together also know that atp is what powers the muscle contractions
❖ Immune System
● Know the difference between innate and adaptive immune defense so know that innate is non-specific i like
to remember this is innate is what your body does it's non-specific and then adaptive is specific so it adapts
to be specific for specific antigens f you get what i'm trying to say so some examples of the innate defense
system is your skin mucous secretions chemical barriers the inflammatory response and natural killer cells
now the adaptive defense system further breaks down into two categories those two categories are cellular
or humoral
● Remember when you have any questions regarding t or b cells that has to do
with the adaptive immune system also know some typical diseases or common
issues that we humans have when the immune system is being overreactive so
for example if we have an over reactive immune system that will cause us to
have like histamine allergies now if we're having issues like an autoimmune
which is autoimmunous that our immune syste attacks the cell an example of that
will be type 2 diabetes
❖Integumentary System
● know that the epidermis contains the melanocytes which gives our skin its color melanin and you
want to know that the dermis layer contains the collagen it contains the gland it contains the blood
vessels and it also contains the nerve endings also know that when you see sebaceous that means
it produces sweat now for the general.
EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT NOTES!
- parathyroid controls calcium concentration in the blood
- the adult bladder can only hold 600 millimeters of urine
- epididymis is the site of sperm maturation
- the liver is the site of lipid metabolism
- Questions about systole and diastole
- calcitonin is produced by the thyroid gland and it's very important in the
metabolism of calcium
- know that the female urethra is between one to one and a half inches when it
comes to the hormones
- know that the antidiuretic hormone is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland;
so make sure when you're studying the pituitary gland know what hormones
are secreted by the anterior and the posterior pituitary gland i've noticed that
they're not really going to ask questions about oh does the pituitary gland
secrete this they're going to have the options anterior and posterior
- Know exergonic it's the breakdown to gain atp
- know that endergonic is synthesis so it needs adp uses atp
- know that passive transport does not use any atp some examples of passive
transport are diffusion osmosis and filtration
- know that active transport does use atp an example will be the potassium
sodium pump you guys might get a question regarding the potassium sodium
pump
- know that enzymes enzymes are highly specific for the substrate that they're
going to receive and the reason they can do that is because enzymes have an
active site where they bind with the substrate and is only going to be able to fit
to that particular substrate
- when it comes to meiosis you want to know that meiosis ends in four haploid
gametes and that mitosis
Produces two identical daughter cells so basically just know that meiosis is
what has to do with sexual production. how i remember this meiosis meiosis
however you say it has an e sex has an e very simple and also
- know the different phases of this I like to use pmat p for prophase and for
metaphase anaphase telophase and so on and know that they first start with
interphase i've noticed when you have a
Question asking what is the longest phase always it's going to be interface
- know your nucleic acids you're going to want to know what a nucleotide is
made out of also know that rna is usually single stranded but rna can form a
double helix by folding onto itself i had a question about this on the exam so
know that an rna it forms a double helix by actually folding onto itself you want
to know the the three different types of rna mrna which is messenger rna trna
which is transfer rna and then rrna is ribosomal rna so make sure to know the
three different types of rna as well
- so when it comes to the nervous system you want to know the different parts of
the brain and what they are connected to when it comes to the body so for
example you want to know the frontal lobe what it does the occipital lobe the
cerebellum you
- know also the different parts of the brain stem which includes the medulla
oblongata the pons know the difference between the hypothalamus and the
thalamus as well and when it comes to the periodic table you want to know the
difference between the column and the rows
- know that elements in the same row have the same number of electron shells
and you want to know that elements in the same columns have the same
electron configuration so yeah that
- know what the different organs do so for liver i wrote down filters blood from the
digestive tract aids in bioproduction metabolism enzyme activation stores like
glycogen vitamins minerals synthesizes plasma
- proteins like albumin and helps with blood detoxification so that's all for the
liver now for the pancreas i wrote down during digestion makes pancreatic
juices called enzymes breaks down sugar fats starches makes hormones that
travel through the body and converts food we eat into energy helps digestion
and then endocrine function it regulates blood sugar
- know for the pancreas and now for the kidneys i wrote down removes waste
from the body
removes drugs balances the body fluids and i underlined this like a million
times so that's very important they release kidneys release hormones they
regulate blood pressure that's really important
as well they produce vitamin d they control the production of red blood cells
and they regulate they regulate ion concentrations and they produce hormones
as well so let's see what else i got the salivary glands release amylase um the
pancreas secretes insulin iodine um helps the thyroid so when you
think of the thyroid think of iodine
- basal body is associated with flagella Sudoriferous produces oily substance
to lubricate hair and skin when you think of amylase think of starch know that
the sinoatrial node is really important that's pretty much the heartbeat of the
heart know that hydrogen bonds link base pair nuclear ties with double strand
dna
- know that the spleen is part of the lymphatic system
- know that momentum equals mass times velocity
- know dna is agct rna actually replaces the t which is thymine with uracil so rna
is going to be a g
c u know that the hippocampus helps with memory storage
- know that the lacunae holds osteocytes
- know that the veins have thinner walls they contain valves they have lower
blood pressure than arteries arteries do not contain valves arteries have higher
blood pressure than veins
- know that power equals energy divided by time
- Mitosis two diploid cells with the same genetic info as the mother cell meiosis
is four cells with half
genetic material of the original cell
- know the way that blood travels through the heart
- know that ligaments are bone to bone
- Sinoatrial node ; know that the sinoatrial node is where the heartbeat
originates so it's basically the pacemaker of the heart
- calcium is important in blood coagulation
- know that the ureters conduct urine from the kidneys to the bladder
English and language Usage
- Grammar; different types of pronouns, prepositions and adverbs
- Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
- independent/dependent clauses
- Comma splice
- Past and present perfect tense
- Punctuation
- Subject verb agreement
- Sentence fragments
- Pronoun antecedent agreement
- Gerunds
- Separating independent clauses
