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CLEP Biology
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1. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
North America
Paleozoic era
Population
A hydrogen bond
2. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
Simple fruits
Aganatha
Chlorophyll
Endocytic vesicles
3. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
The Nitrogen cycle
Blastula
Spiracles
Gymnosperms
4. 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.
Angiosperms
Filtered by the liver
Vascular bundles make up the
The cell membrane
5. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Differential reproduction
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Cuticle
Vitamins
6. 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.
Pharynx
Multiple fruit
Vitamin C
Aganatha
7. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Carbon
Population
Chromosome
Multiple fruit
8. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Cenozoic era
Carbon
North America
9. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.
Hydrolysis
The Cell Theory
The pancreas
Mature sporophyte
10. Can be accounted for by the theory of punctuated equilibrium. The fossil record shows periods of stability with regard to appearance and disappearance of species as well as periods of sudden change.
Ectoderm tissue
The community
The products of the Krebs cycle
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
11. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Multiple fruit
Imprinting
Lysis
Internodal tissue
12. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Hydrolysis
The nucleus
A sex linked recessive disease
Vascular bundles make up the
13. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Nucleotides
Simple fruits
Cellular Metabolism
The hormone aldosterone
14. In both living and non-living environments.
Biosphere
Enzymes catalyze reactions
The pituitary gland
Adenine
15. Are the organelles where cellular respiration occurs.
Mitochondria
Natality
Ectoderm tissue
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
16. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Natality
Differential reproduction
The cuticle
An enzyme
17. Inorganic phosphate
Genetic maintenance
Aves
Pi
Hypothalamus
18. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Genetic screening
Meristem tissue
Larynx
The habitat of an organism includes
19. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...
Nematoda
Balance
Cuticle
Did not evolve together
20. 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.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
The nucleus
Carbon
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
21. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Vascular bundles
A hydrogen bond
Aggregate fruit
A lysosome
22. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
The salivary gland
Protista
Hydrolysis
Vitamin C
23. Are membrane-bound organelles that contain digestive enzymes that digest dead or unused material within the cell or materials absorbed by the cell for use.
Porifera
B Cells
Mesoderm
Lysosomes
24. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Hydrolysis
Phototropism
pathogenic
Carrying capacity
25. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
Phosphorous gas
Genetic maintenance
Porifera
Gregor Medel
26. High temperatures
Aggregate fruit
A mutation
Free ribosomes
Destroy most enzymes
27. The phyla of sponges.
Natality
Color blindness
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Porifera
28. 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
Phosphorous
Cellular Metabolism
Vascular bundles make up the
Meristem tissue
29. It secretes saliva which enters the digestive tract and aids the digestive process.
Chimpanzees
Restriction enzymes
Tundra
The salivary gland
30. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
A mutation
Cerebrum
Lactose
Bronchi
31. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Kingdom Plantae
Adenine
A gene is
B Cells
32. Covalent bonds
The Cambrian Period
Share electrons
Scurvy
pH of Water
33. Is a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in which the body is unable to build enough collagen (a major component of connective tissue).
A lysosome
Scurvy
A prosthetic group
Adenine
34. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
A lysosome
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
35. Is composed of a double layer (bilayer) of phospholipids with protein globules imbedded within the layers. The construction of the membrane allows it to aid the function of the cell by permitting entrance and exit of molecules as needed by the cell.
Phloem tissue
An enzyme
The cell membrane
Population
36. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Ionic bonds involve
A hydrogen bond
Ribonucleic acid
The cell's 'powerhouses'
37. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
Cnidaria
Xylem tissue
A hydrogen bond
DNA replication
38. Produces the most ATP molecules - yielding 34 ATPs per glucose molecule.
Lysis
The nucleus
Isotonic Conditions
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
39. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Isotonic Conditions
Paleozoic era
A gene is
Silicon
40. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
A sex linked recessive disease
Genetic screening
The biosphere
The nucleus
41. Mitochondria - they constitute the center of cellular respiration.
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42. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Recycled environmental factors
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Lactose
Parenchyma tissue
43. An orienting response to light.
Chimpanzees
Phototropism
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Hypothalamus
44. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
Will increase the reaction rate
Gymnosperms
parasitic
Lymphocytes
45. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Kingdom Fungi
Phloem tissue
Phosphorous gas
Cerebrum
46. A type of innate behavior (instinct.) The FAP is a preprogrammed response to a particular stimulus (known as a releaser stimulus). FAP's include courtship behaviors and feeding of young. These are not learned behaviors - they are automatically perfor
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Pharynx
Vascular bundles
Balance
47. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
Tundra
Prosthetic groups
The nucleus
Lysis
48. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Ionic bonds involve
Catabolism
Balance
Kingdom Fungi
49. In DNA Thymine pairs with...
The Cambrian Period
Adenine
Vascular bundles make up the
Very specific
50. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
Desert
Silicon
Stomach secretions
The hormone aldosterone