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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
An inhibitor
Anabolsim
An enzyme
Paleozoic era
2. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
B Cells
Aves
Destroy most enzymes
The nucleus
3. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Gametocide
Midbrain
Chlorophyll has the ability to
The cuticle
4. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
Endoderm
The community
Iisotonic state
Cellular Respiration
5. Are cells involved in immunity and are produced in bone marrow as stem cells.
Lymphocytes
pathogenic
Annelida
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
6. Covers and protects the leaf.
The hormone aldosterone
Cuticle
Saprophytic
Gnathostomata
7. 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
Differential reproduction
Ecotone
The nucleus
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
8. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
The biosphere
T Cells
Alveoli
A prosthetic group
9. Develops from the morula as a thin layer of cells surrounding an internal cavity.
Balance
Silicon
Blastula
Endoderm
10. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
Alveoli
Parenchyma tissue
Cerebrum
A lysosome
11. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Mature sporophyte
Catabolism
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Habitat
12. 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
Anabolism
Circadian rhythms
T Cells
Share electrons
13. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
Meristem tissue
Kingdom Animalia
Morula
Desert
14. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Filtered by the liver
Vitamin C
Cenozoic era
15. 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.
Kingdom Animalia
Protista
Isotonic Conditions
A gene is
16. Sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting
Larynx
Allopatric speciation
Gametogenesis
Hemophilia
17. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Genetic screening
Scurvy
The habitat of an organism includes
18. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Arthropoda
Precambrian period
Porifera
Mesozoic era
19. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Midbrain
Chromatin
Lymphocytes
Ecotone
20. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
A gene is
Chimpanzees
parasitic
The products of the Krebs cycle
21. An orienting response to light.
Stem tissues
Ecotone
Parenchyma tissue
Phototropism
22. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Vascular bundles make up the
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Hemophilia
Lactose
23. Breaking down
pH of Water
The Cell Theory
The cell membrane
Catabolism
24. In DNA Guanine pairs with...
A catalyst
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Cytosine
The cell membrane
25. Synthesis
Vitamins
Bryophytes
Anabolism
The nucleus
26. A hydrogen bond involves the ________________ and can be easily broken.
The adrenal glands
Isotonic Conditions
The nucleus
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
27. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
Alveoli
Phyla
Bronchi
Enzymes catalyze reactions
28. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Carrying capacity
Scurvy
Common elements found in proteins
Share electrons
29. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Color blindness
Vitamins
A sex linked recessive disease
C ---OH
30. May be ions or non-protein molecules - they are similar to cofactors - but differ in that they are tightly attached by covalent bonds to the enzyme - rather than being separate atoms or molecules.
Lactose
Meristem tissue
Porifera
Prosthetic groups
31. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
Midbrain
The cuticle
Mesozoic era
Allopatric speciation
32. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Silicon
Cellular Metabolism
Endocytic vesicles
The cell's 'powerhouses'
33. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Mature sporophyte
Multiple fruit
An enzyme
The habitat of an organism includes
34. Is comprised of all the organisms that interact within a given ecosystem whether or not it is at carrying capacity.
The community
Phosphorous
parasitic
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
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.
A prosthetic group
The cell membrane
Vitamins
Habitat
36. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Chordata
Silicon
Larynx
Lactose
37. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
Aves
Gymnosperms
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
A gene is
38. Is an abundant element found in protoplasm. Together with oxygen - hydrogen - and nitrogen - it composes over 90% of cellular structure.
Tundra
Carbon
Habitat
The salivary gland
39. 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
Plasmodesmata
Very specific
Trachea
Will increase the reaction rate
40. 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.
The key limiting factor on cell size
Stomach secretions
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
41. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
Silicon
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Early hominids...
The nucleus
42. The size of a cell is limited by the ratio of its surface area to volume.
Ecological niches open up
Scurvy
The key limiting factor on cell size
R-selection
43. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
The Nitrogen cycle
Stem tissues
Mesoderm
Ribonucleic acid
44. 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).
The Nitrogen cycle
Cytosine
The key limiting factor on cell size
Scurvy
45. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Adenine
Successful reproduction
Bryophytes
46. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Gnathostomata
Genetic imprinting
Morula
Catabolism
47. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil
Color blindness
Early hominids...
Prothallus
Phototropism
48. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Cenozoic era
Prosthetic groups
A lysosome
Endoderm
49. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
Common elements found in proteins
Prothallus
Lysosomes
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
50. Must be present for photosynthesis to occur - it is not used up in the process.
Genetic screening
Chlorophyll
Trachea
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of