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CLEP Biology

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1. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.






2. Covalent bonds






3. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.






4. 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






5. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.






6. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem






7. In DNA Thymine pairs with...






8. Disease causing






9. 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






10. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.






11. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.






12. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.






13. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.






14. Mitochondria - they constitute the center of cellular respiration.

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15. The role played by an organism in its food chain.






16. 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.






17. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...






18. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.






19. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.






20. Breaking down






21. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.






22. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.






23. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.






24. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.






25. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.






26. Anabolism






27. It secretes saliva which enters the digestive tract and aids the digestive process.






28. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.






29. 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.






30. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).






31. 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.






32. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.






33. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter






34. 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.






35. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen






36. The pituitary gland.






37. What phylum are snakes in?






38. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.






39. Occurs when an individual from an adjacent population of the same species immigrates and breeds with a member of a previously locally isolated group - resulting in a change in the gene pool.






40. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.






41. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.






42. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil






43. A cell will only remain stable if the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a __________ with the volume of the cytoplasm.






44. 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.






45. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.






46. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.






47. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.






48. Is a phylum that contains jellyfish - hydra - etc.






49. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.






50. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.