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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Process in which elements - chemical compounds - and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another.
Gnathostomata
Color blindness
Biogeochemical cycles
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
2. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Arthropoda
Kingdom Animalia
Vitamin C
Habitat
3. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Vitamin C
Destroy most enzymes
Annelida
4. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
A gene is
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Phototropism
5. Are produced when water passes through the cell membrane by osmosis from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration - to equalize water concentration.
Interphase
Isotonic Conditions
Larynx
Phloem tissue
6. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Mesozoic era
pH of Water
Phototropism
Angiosperms
7. 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.
Lysosomes
Allopatric speciation
Cellular Respiration
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
8. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
Bryophytes
Phloem tissue
Free ribosomes
Filtered by the liver
9. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Natality
Interphase
An enzyme
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
10. Is comprised of all the organisms that interact within a given ecosystem whether or not it is at carrying capacity.
Hydrolysis
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Ribonucleic acid
The community
11. When stems bend toward the light it is due to _____________ the hormone auxin - in response to light - migrates from the light to the dark side of the shoot tip. The cells on the dark side now contain more auxin - which causes the cells on that side
Mesoderm
The salivary gland
Phototropism
Plasmodesmata
12. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Desert
parasitic
Angiosperms
Endocytic vesicles
13. Disease causing
pathogenic
Genetic maintenance
Interphase
Early hominids...
14. Carbon - nitrogen - phosphorous - and water. These are all recycled through biogeochemical processes.
Habitat
Recycled environmental factors
Gymnosperms
Pi
15. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Ribonucleic acid
Genome
The nucleus
16. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Ecotone
Multiple fruit
Aggregate fruit
The Nitrogen cycle
17. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
Mesozoic era
Spiracles
So it can be used over and over again.
The hormone aldosterone
18. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
The salivary gland
Centrioles
parasitic
Chimpanzees
19. Develops from the morula as a thin layer of cells surrounding an internal cavity.
Kingdom Animalia
Free ribosomes
Blastula
Filtered by the liver
20. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
The cell membrane
Centrioles
Chromosome
Gnathostomata
21. In DNA Thymine pairs with...
Chimpanzees
R-selection
Chromatin
Adenine
22. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
Gregor Medel
Recycled environmental factors
The nucleus
Morula
23. 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.
A mutation
Genetic maintenance
Anabolism
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
24. Anabolism
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Gametogenesis
Alveoli
Multiple fruit
25. Digestive enzymes - hydrochloric acid - and gastric juices which aid in digestion. The mucous secreted by the stomach protects the stomach lining from the acids and juices.
So it can be used over and over again.
Stomach secretions
Genetic screening
Protista
26. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh
Mesoderm
Cuticle
Circadian rhythms
Carrying capacity
27. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Common elements found in proteins
Cenozoic era
Genetic imprinting
Bryophytes
28. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
T Cells
The cuticle
Xylem tissue
Saprophytic
29. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Share electrons
Carrying capacity
Carbon
Habituation
30. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
Cellular Respiration
Balance
Free ribosomes
Nucleotides
31. Are cells involved in immunity and are produced in bone marrow as stem cells.
Gregor Medel
T Cells
Will increase the reaction rate
Lymphocytes
32. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
Prosthetic groups
Phototropism
Early hominids...
Share electrons
33. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Gymnosperms
A catalyst
Annelida
A prosthetic group
34. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Cerebrum
Differential reproduction
The key limiting factor on cell size
Prothallus
35. Fruits that develop from a single ripened ovary (apple - olive - acorn - cucumber).
Simple fruits
Gymnosperms
Nematoda
Cenozoic era
36. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
Cnidaria
Adenine
Alveoli
The nucleus
37. A length of DNA (with corresponding histones) is responsible for the production of a certain protein that causes a particular trait to be expressed in an organism.
Nematoda
Prothallus
A gene is
Prosthetic groups
38. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Cellular Metabolism
Porifera
Genetic maintenance
Trachea
39. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
Pharynx
Iisotonic state
Non-protein
The adrenal glands
40. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
About five million years ago...
Phototropism
Xylem tissue
Epidermal tissue
41. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Mitochondria
Mature sporophyte
42. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Phloem tissue
Annelida
Circadian rhythms
Adenine
43. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
Gregor Medel
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Stomach secretions
The cell membrane
44. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Vascular bundles make up the
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Vitamins
45. 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).
Gymnosperms
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
The Cambrian Period
Scurvy
46. 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.
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
B Cells
Lymphocytes
47. 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.
Centrioles
Cytosine
Cenozoic era
Cellular Respiration
48. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Genetic maintenance
Chimpanzees
Catabolism
Kingdom Fungi
49. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
Savanna
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Genome
Lactose
50. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
Imprinting
So it can be used over and over again.
Xylem tissue
Phototropism