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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Silicon
Color blindness
Mature sporophyte
Phloem tissue
2. Developed by the German scientists Schleiden and Schwann - States that all living things are made of cells - cells are the basic units of life - all cells come from pre-existing cells.
Simple fruits
Chordata
The Cell Theory
The pituitary gland
3. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
Pi
Mesoderm
Ecotone
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
4. Has extreme hot or cold temperatures - with very low precipitation - sandy or rocky terrain - sparse vegetation (mainly succulents) - small animals - rodents - and reptiles.
Desert
Habitat
A gene is
The cuticle
5. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Gnathostomata
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Saprophytic
Porifera
6. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
Annelida
Cuticle
Xylem tissue
Altruism
7. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Vitamins
Niche
The community
pH of Water
8. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Endoderm
Phototropism
Successful reproduction
9. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
Cnidaria
Gametogenesis
Internodal tissue
Morula
10. Are the monomers that form nucleic acids - containing a sugar - phosphate group - and a nitrogenous base.
Anabolsim
Nucleotides
Successful reproduction
Cenozoic era
11. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
Kingdom Fungi
Meristem tissue
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Cellular Respiration
12. The phyla of round worms.
Bryophytes
Nematoda
Pharynx
Phyla
13. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Protista
Chordata
The biosphere
Annelida
14. Disease causing
pathogenic
Silicon
Prothallus
The cell membrane
15. Is composed of an anterior and posterior lobe. The stalk of the lobe is connected to the hypothalamus. Antidiuretic Hormone (AH) is produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary. Upon nervous stimulation from the hypothalamus - t
The community
Gnathostomata
The pituitary gland
The cuticle
16. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
parasitic
Epidermal tissue
Internodal tissue
Germ layers
17. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
Destroy most enzymes
Chordata
The nucleus
R-selection
18. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
The cell membrane
Silicon
Catabolism
19. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
Stomach secretions
Pi
So it can be used over and over again.
Spiracles
20. Is an ion that binds to an enzyme making it more able to catalyze a reaction.
Gnathostomata
A prosthetic group
Mature sporophyte
Endocytic vesicles
21. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Differential reproduction
Phyla
Kingdom Protista
22. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Silicon
Cell walls
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Imprinting
23. Is found on the stem between nodes.
pathogenic
Internodal tissue
Ectoderm tissue
So it can be used over and over again.
24. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
Niche
Chordata
North America
Gregor Medel
25. Assumes that there are periods of stability during which little evolutionary change occurs - and that speciation can occur rapidly over a very short period of time.
Gnathostomata
Did not evolve together
Share electrons
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
26. An orienting response to light.
R-selection
The biosphere
Phototropism
Vitamins
27. Is an accidental change of the DNA sequence of the gene that can result in creating a change of trait that is not found in the parent.
North America
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
A mutation
Cellular Metabolism
28. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
pH of Water
Mesozoic era
The cuticle
Saprophytic
29. Bacteria break ammonia into nitrites - then into nitrates that are usable by plants; volcanic activity produces ammonia and nitrates that enter the soil and can be absorbed by plants; lightning reacts with atmospheric nitrogen to form nitrates that a
Porifera
Biosphere
Trachea
The Nitrogen cycle
30. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Gnathostomata
The cuticle
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Circadian rhythms
31. Niche
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Color blindness
Carbon
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
32. Between the endoderm and ectoderm - layer that will eventually form the muscles - and organs of the skeletal - circulatory - respiratory - reproductive - and excretory systems.
Aves
Forebrain
Will increase the reaction rate
Mesoderm
33. Chlorophyll pigments absorb photons of light - leaving the chlorophyll in a higher energy (excited) state - these then supply energy to reactions that produce ATP from ADP and Pi.
Iisotonic state
An enzyme
Imprinting
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
34. Are tubes constructed of a geometrical arrangement of microtubules in a pinwheel shape. Their function includes the formation of new microtubules - but is primarily to form the structural skeleton around which cells split during mitosis and meiosis.
Mesoderm
Non-protein
Centrioles
The nucleus
35. 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
The key limiting factor on cell size
Differential reproduction
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Ribonucleic acid
36. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Cuticle
Hydrolysis
Meristem tissue
An inhibitor
37. The phyla of sponges.
Filtered by the liver
Porifera
Gregor Medel
Prosthetic groups
38. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Bronchi
Non-protein
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Arthropoda
39. Is made of stacked cells connected by sieve plates that allow nutrients to pass from cell to cell. They transport food made in the leaves (by photosynthesis) to the rest of the plant).
Phloem tissue
Early hominids...
Silicon
The pancreas
40. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Anabolsim
Kingdom Plantae
Stem tissues
Natality
41. Synthesis
Anabolism
Catabolism
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Morula
42. Must be present for photosynthesis to occur - it is not used up in the process.
Stomach secretions
Lysosomes
Chlorophyll
pH of Water
43. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
A mutation
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
A sex linked recessive disease
Kingdom Animalia
44. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
T Cells
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Gene Migration
The Cell Theory
45. Controls balance and muscle coordination
A lysosome
Very specific
Scurvy
Cerebellum
46. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Non-protein
Chordata
Plasmodesmata
Vascular bundles
47. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Biogeochemical cycles
Angiosperms
Gametocide
Habituation
48. The pituitary gland.
Iisotonic state
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Kingdom Protista
Chimpanzees
49. Controls hunger and thirst
Epidermal tissue
Saprophytic
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Hypothalamus
50. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
Internodal tissue
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Restriction enzymes
Share electrons