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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Internodal tissue
An inhibitor
Phototropism
Lysosomes
2. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
The Nitrogen cycle
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Stem tissues
Kingdom Plantae
3. Niche
Vascular bundles make up the
Stem tissues
Imprinting
A species role in the food chain is part of its
4. Subsets below the kingdom level
Filtered by the liver
Iisotonic state
Natality
Phyla
5. The trachea includes the windpipe or larynx in its upper portion - and the glottis - an opening that allows the gases to pass into the two branches known as the bronchi.
Simple fruits
Hydrolysis
Allopatric speciation
Trachea
6. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
The cuticle
Gnathostomata
Vitamin C
Cellular Respiration
7. In DNA Guanine pairs with...
Arthropoda
Cytosine
Plasmodesmata
Will increase the reaction rate
8. A cell will only remain stable if the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a __________ with the volume of the cytoplasm.
Balance
Hemophilia
Cnidaria
Vitamin C
9. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Forebrain
A hydrogen bond
Angiosperms
Stomach secretions
10. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...
Will increase the reaction rate
Germ layers
Phototropism
Did not evolve together
11. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
DNA replication
Cerebrum
The habitat of an organism includes
Spiracles
12. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Vitamin C
Endoderm
Altruism
The Cell Theory
13. 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).
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Mesozoic era
Angiosperms
Scurvy
14. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Hemophilia
Midbrain
Genome
Epidermal tissue
15. Covalent bonds
An inhibitor
Spiracles
Blastula
Share electrons
16. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Vitamins
Restriction enzymes
The key limiting factor on cell size
Mature sporophyte
17. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Filtered by the liver
Prothallus
Centrioles
18. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
Adenine
Ectoderm
Chromatin
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
19. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
pH of Water
Hypothalamus
Gametocide
Habitat
20. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Niche
Epidermal tissue
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
21. 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).
Non-protein
Phloem tissue
Nucleotides
C ---OH
22. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Annelida
Kingdom Plantae
Color blindness
Gene Migration
23. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Genetic maintenance
Aganatha
So it can be used over and over again.
Endoderm
24. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Cellular Metabolism
Phototropism
The cell membrane
Ribonucleic acid
25. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Gymnosperms
Biosphere
Ectoderm tissue
Larynx
26. The phylum of insects (bees).
A prosthetic group
Arthropoda
Cerebellum
Genetic screening
27. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Kingdom Protista
Free ribosomes
Successful reproduction
Ribonucleic acid
28. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
A hydrogen bond
Bronchi
The pituitary gland
Very specific
29. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
The Cambrian Period
Meristem tissue
Precambrian period
30. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
The biosphere
Chimpanzees
Ribonucleic acid
Phloem tissue
31. Most fossils of Hominids are from continents other than...
Destroy most enzymes
North America
Vascular bundles make up the
Angiosperms
32. 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.
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Gametogenesis
A sex linked recessive disease
A lysosome
33. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
Filtered by the liver
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Bryophytes
Restriction enzymes
34. The phyla of round worms.
Desert
The Nitrogen cycle
Xylem tissue
Nematoda
35. The pituitary gland.
Chordata
Ionic bonds involve
Bryophytes
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
36. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Cenozoic era
Biosphere
Common elements found in proteins
Balance
37. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
The biosphere
Scurvy
Habituation
The cuticle
38. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
Centrioles
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Prosthetic groups
Imprinting
39. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
Phosphorous gas
Did not evolve together
Epidermal tissue
Biosphere
40. The effect of a substrate concentration on the initial reaction rate in the presence of a limited amount of enzyme: _________________ as the concentration of substrate is increased until all the enzymes are used - then the reaction rate will level of
Nucleotides
Porifera
Will increase the reaction rate
Stem tissues
41. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
A lysosome
Chromatin
Protista
Chordata
42. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
Tundra
Precambrian period
Vitamin C
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
43. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Forebrain
Circadian rhythms
C ---OH
An enzyme
44. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
DNA replication
Ribonucleic acid
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Stem tissues
45. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Silicon
Did not evolve together
Vitamins
Gnathostomata
46. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
Filtered by the liver
The adrenal glands
Hemophilia
Phosphorous
47. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Meristem tissue
Internodal tissue
The key limiting factor on cell size
Prothallus
48. Provide rigidity to plant cells (and some bacteria) and are not found within animal cells.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Alveoli
Iisotonic state
Cell walls
49. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Aggregate fruit
Ecotone
Silicon
Biogeochemical cycles
50. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Bryophytes
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Stem tissues
Meristem tissue