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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
The hormone aldosterone
A catalyst
Catabolism
Lysis
2. The pharynx is between the nasal passage and the trachea. Air passes into the body via the nasal passage - then passes through the pharynx and on to the trachea.
Allopatric speciation
Hydrolysis
Very specific
Pharynx
3. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
Carrying capacity
Phosphorous gas
The salivary gland
Gregor Medel
4. High temperatures
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Porifera
Destroy most enzymes
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
5. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Successful reproduction
Chromosome
The pituitary gland
Hemophilia
6. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Midbrain
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Savanna
7. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
Bryophytes
An enzyme
Protista
The cuticle
8. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Genetic imprinting
Meristem tissue
Gametocide
Cerebellum
9. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
Porifera
Precambrian period
Tundra
Niche
10. Are formed when the plasma membrane of a cell encloses a molecule outside the membrane - then releases a membrane bound sack containing the desired molecule into the cytoplasm. This process allows the cell to absorb molecules that are larger in size
parasitic
The nucleus
Endocytic vesicles
Gregor Medel
11. When the water concentration inside and outside the cell is equal - It is said to be in an...
Iisotonic state
Nematoda
Biosphere
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
12. Is a behavior that is learned during a critical point (often very early) in an individual's life. Imprinting enables the young the recognize members of their own species.
Kingdom Animalia
Lymphocytes
Imprinting
Chlorophyll has the ability to
13. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
The adrenal glands
Mitochondria
Cytosine
Morula
14. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Ecotone
Recycled environmental factors
Kingdom Plantae
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
15. Inorganic phosphate
Precambrian period
Pi
Share electrons
Gene Migration
16. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Gametocide
A lysosome
Trachea
B Cells
17. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
The salivary gland
Endoderm
Early hominids...
Free ribosomes
18. Controls balance and muscle coordination
Filtered by the liver
Mature sporophyte
Cerebellum
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
19. Fruits that develop from a single ripened ovary (apple - olive - acorn - cucumber).
Prosthetic groups
The pituitary gland
Non-protein
Simple fruits
20. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Altruism
Meristem tissue
Angiosperms
Stem tissues
21. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Silicon
Chromosome
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Gene Migration
22. Engages in both passive and active transport.
R-selection
Midbrain
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Imprinting
23. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
Epidermal tissue
C ---OH
Plasmodesmata
Bryophytes
24. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Hydrolysis
Savanna
A sex linked recessive disease
Hypothalamus
25. States that where random mating is occurring within a population that is in equilibrium with its environment - the gene frequencies and genotype ratios will remain constant from generation to generation. It is a mathematical formula that shows why re
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Imprinting
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Phosphorous gas
26. Breaking down
Catabolism
Will increase the reaction rate
The products of the Krebs cycle
Altruism
27. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
Aggregate fruit
Carbon
About five million years ago...
Share electrons
28. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Gregor Medel
DNA replication
Ecotone
Gymnosperms
29. The phylum of insects (bees).
Genetic screening
Chromatin
Midbrain
Arthropoda
30. Produces the most ATP molecules - yielding 34 ATPs per glucose molecule.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
R-selection
The adrenal glands
Phyla
31. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
Gymnosperms
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Savanna
Epidermal tissue
32. The size of a cell is limited by the ratio of its surface area to volume.
The key limiting factor on cell size
North America
Arthropoda
The products of the Krebs cycle
33. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
parasitic
Biosphere
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
34. Most chemical pollutants accidentally ingested by humans are __________ - mixed with broken down pigments in the bile - then bile is secreted into the small intestine - proceeds to the large intestine - and is expelled in the feces.
Prosthetic groups
Blastula
Filtered by the liver
Mesozoic era
35. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
A hydrogen bond
Forebrain
A sex linked recessive disease
The pituitary gland
36. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Protista
Meristem tissue
Internodal tissue
R-selection
37. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Vitamin C
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Anabolism
Catabolism
38. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
Isotonic Conditions
Non-protein
Gnathostomata
Annelida
39. Is the earliest period of the Paleozoic era. Began with the Cambrian explosion - this explosion of life resulted in the representatives of most of the modern phyla being present.
Vitamins
Ecotone
The Cambrian Period
Hemophilia
40. Is the control of protein synthesis. Genetic traits are expressed and specialization of cells occur as a result of the combination of proteins produced by the DNA of a cell.
Protista
Ectoderm tissue
Adenine
The primary role of DNA in the cell
41. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Lysosomes
Common elements found in proteins
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
42. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Habitat
Niche
Imprinting
Biosphere
43. Becomes available for erosion as undersea sedimentary rocks are up-thrust by volcanic activity - erosion releases it from rocks into streams where it combines with oxygen to form phosphates in lakes that are then absorbed by plants - it is recycled t
The adrenal glands
Porifera
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Phosphorous
44. Is very rare and is not absorbed by plant leaves. Phosphorous is nearly always found in solid form.
Genome
Phosphorous gas
Mature sporophyte
Cerebellum
45. Contain one celled eukaryotes such as algae and protozoa.
Hydrolysis
Kingdom Protista
Carrying capacity
The adrenal glands
46. The total amount of genetic information available for a given species.
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Genome
An enzyme
Gametocide
47. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Vascular bundles
Filtered by the liver
Hydrolysis
The hormone aldosterone
48. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...
Did not evolve together
The habitat of an organism includes
Ionic bonds involve
Differential reproduction
49. Carbon - nitrogen - phosphorous - and water. These are all recycled through biogeochemical processes.
Recycled environmental factors
The salivary gland
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Share electrons
50. May be ions or non-protein molecules - they are similar to cofactors - but differ in that they are tightly attached by covalent bonds to the enzyme - rather than being separate atoms or molecules.
Parenchyma tissue
Cerebrum
Prosthetic groups
Forebrain