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CLEP Biology
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1. Are easily converted to ATP - but the main energy products of the Krebs cycle liberate electrons then used in the electron transfer reactions.
Aves
A hydrogen bond
The cell membrane
The products of the Krebs cycle
2. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Silicon
Altruism
B Cells
3. Contain one celled eukaryotes such as algae and protozoa.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Will increase the reaction rate
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Kingdom Protista
4. Breaking down
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Kingdom Fungi
The salivary gland
Catabolism
5. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
Arthropoda
Biosphere
Genetic screening
Isotonic Conditions
6. 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.
Blastula
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Common elements found in proteins
Destroy most enzymes
7. Disease causing
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
pathogenic
Pi
An enzyme
8. Is very rare and is not absorbed by plant leaves. Phosphorous is nearly always found in solid form.
Pharynx
Niche
Imprinting
Phosphorous gas
9. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Altruism
The salivary gland
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Imprinting
10. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Ionic bonds involve
Multiple fruit
Genome
Isotonic Conditions
11. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Scurvy
Iisotonic state
Carbon
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
12. 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
Stem tissues
Phototropism
Endocytic vesicles
Chromosome
13. Inorganic phosphate
Biosphere
Niche
Germ layers
Pi
14. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
C ---OH
Niche
Anabolism
Gnathostomata
15. Synthesis
Filtered by the liver
Share electrons
Endocytic vesicles
Anabolism
16. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Share electrons
Kingdom Plantae
Imprinting
Midbrain
17. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
Imprinting
A sex linked recessive disease
Meristem tissue
Free ribosomes
18. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.
Early hominids...
Cell walls
The pancreas
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
19. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Lysis
Cytosine
Gregor Medel
Endoderm
20. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
Balance
Mesozoic era
Savanna
DNA replication
21. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Gymnosperms
Did not evolve together
Successful reproduction
The pituitary gland
22. In DNA Guanine pairs with...
Cellular Metabolism
Genetic screening
Phloem tissue
Cytosine
23. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
The nucleus
Desert
A sex linked recessive disease
parasitic
24. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
B Cells
Aggregate fruit
A prosthetic group
Destroy most enzymes
25. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Nucleotides
Catabolism
Meristem tissue
Enzymes catalyze reactions
26. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Vitamin C
Gregor Medel
Bryophytes
Vitamins
27. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Gene Migration
Gregor Medel
Habitat
Free ribosomes
28. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
The Nitrogen cycle
Ectoderm
Adenine
The habitat of an organism includes
29. Provide rigidity to plant cells (and some bacteria) and are not found within animal cells.
The biosphere
Cell walls
Hypothalamus
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
30. 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.
The Cambrian Period
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
R-selection
DNA replication
31. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
North America
Cellular Respiration
The Nitrogen cycle
Gregor Medel
32. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Stomach secretions
Mature sporophyte
Biosphere
33. The transfer of electrons.
About five million years ago...
Epidermal tissue
Phototropism
Ionic bonds involve
34. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
A catalyst
The Cambrian Period
Gnathostomata
About five million years ago...
35. 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.
Nematoda
Color blindness
Spiracles
The Cell Theory
36. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
Endocytic vesicles
Cuticle
Larynx
Cytosine
37. Develops from the morula as a thin layer of cells surrounding an internal cavity.
Midbrain
Ectoderm tissue
Carrying capacity
Blastula
38. 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.
Will increase the reaction rate
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Hemophilia
39. 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.
Phototropism
Pharynx
Mesoderm
Aves
40. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Color blindness
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Kingdom Fungi
Internodal tissue
41. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Xylem tissue
Stomach secretions
Vascular bundles
Angiosperms
42. Covalent bonds
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Cnidaria
Share electrons
Carbon
43. Has extreme hot or cold temperatures - with very low precipitation - sandy or rocky terrain - sparse vegetation (mainly succulents) - small animals - rodents - and reptiles.
Desert
Precambrian period
Centrioles
The cell membrane
44. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
Gregor Medel
Cytosine
Xylem tissue
parasitic
45. Is an abundant element found in protoplasm. Together with oxygen - hydrogen - and nitrogen - it composes over 90% of cellular structure.
Meristem tissue
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Altruism
Carbon
46. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Chlorophyll
Ionic bonds involve
Genetic maintenance
Endoderm
47. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
Bronchi
Kingdom Fungi
Mature sporophyte
Mesoderm
48. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
The cuticle
The adrenal glands
Germ layers
Paleozoic era
49. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
A gene is
Bryophytes
Differential reproduction
Tundra
50. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
Population
Epidermal tissue
Forebrain
Larynx