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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
An enzyme
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
parasitic
2. 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
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Ribonucleic acid
pH of Water
Paleozoic era
3. 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.
Habitat
The Cambrian Period
Precambrian period
Non-protein
4. Are the organelles where cellular respiration occurs.
Prothallus
Mitochondria
pathogenic
Habituation
5. 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
Meristem tissue
Phototropism
Ecotone
The Cell Theory
6. Anabolism
Savanna
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
The pancreas
Gene Migration
7. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
Allopatric speciation
Share electrons
A catalyst
Anabolism
8. 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.
Chromatin
Isotonic Conditions
Parenchyma tissue
Chimpanzees
9. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Ribonucleic acid
Hydrolysis
B Cells
Gregor Medel
10. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Chlorophyll
Hypothalamus
Gametocide
Phloem tissue
11. An orienting response to light.
Desert
Porifera
Interphase
Phototropism
12. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Phototropism
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Blastula
Aganatha
13. 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.
Prosthetic groups
An enzyme
Cenozoic era
Genetic screening
14. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
Cuticle
Habituation
A mutation
Genetic screening
15. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Lactose
Catabolism
Share electrons
Aves
16. Mass extinctions promote diversification because _______________ - making conditions favorable for the establishment of new - diverse species.
Chlorophyll
Did not evolve together
A mutation
Ecological niches open up
17. The phyla of sponges.
Kingdom Plantae
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Porifera
The adrenal glands
18. Most chemical pollutants accidentally ingested by humans are __________ - mixed with broken down pigments in the bile - then bile is secreted into the small intestine - proceeds to the large intestine - and is expelled in the feces.
Phosphorous gas
Mesozoic era
Recycled environmental factors
Filtered by the liver
19. Synthesis
A mutation
Circadian rhythms
Anabolism
Aves
20. Is very rare and is not absorbed by plant leaves. Phosphorous is nearly always found in solid form.
Larynx
Vascular bundles
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Phosphorous gas
21. 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
Spiracles
Endocytic vesicles
Saprophytic
Genetic screening
22. In both living and non-living environments.
A gene is
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Cerebellum
The Cambrian Period
23. Protein synthesis
Hemophilia
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Porifera
Internodal tissue
24. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Ribonucleic acid
Cellular Metabolism
25. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
Alveoli
Lymphocytes
Lysosomes
Phototropism
26. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Free ribosomes
Aganatha
Hypothalamus
Vitamin C
27. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Alveoli
The adrenal glands
Cellular Respiration
28. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
The products of the Krebs cycle
A gene is
Habitat
Stem tissues
29. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Vascular bundles make up the
Prosthetic groups
Mesozoic era
A mutation
30. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
Ectoderm tissue
So it can be used over and over again.
Cuticle
A gene is
31. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Vitamins
Stem tissues
The hormone aldosterone
The cell membrane
32. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
The cell membrane
Cenozoic era
Kingdom Animalia
33. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
Mesoderm
An inhibitor
Niche
Biosphere
34. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Differential reproduction
Catabolism
Protista
Genetic imprinting
35. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Meristem tissue
Chimpanzees
Bronchi
The cuticle
36. Has loosely packed cells that allow for gas and moisture exchange.
Parenchyma tissue
Interphase
Carrying capacity
The cell membrane
37. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
Gene Migration
The salivary gland
Tundra
Free ribosomes
38. Controls balance and muscle coordination
Early hominids...
Nucleotides
Cerebellum
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
39. Inorganic phosphate
Interphase
Pi
Chimpanzees
Cytosine
40. Is a special protein that acts as a catalyst for organic reactions.
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Anabolsim
Very specific
An enzyme
41. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Cnidaria
The Cell Theory
Filtered by the liver
Multiple fruit
42. A cell will only remain stable if the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a __________ with the volume of the cytoplasm.
Gymnosperms
Vitamins
Color blindness
Balance
43. Breaking down
Vitamins
Catabolism
Hypothalamus
Ribonucleic acid
44. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
The hormone aldosterone
Tundra
DNA replication
Ecotone
45. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
The Cell Theory
Gametogenesis
Share electrons
Saprophytic
46. Is a phylum that contains jellyfish - hydra - etc.
Protista
Chlorophyll
Hydrolysis
Cnidaria
47. In order to become an established part of an island ecosystem there must be a populations large enough to ensure _________ - a food source - a suitable habitat - and a source of moisture.
Successful reproduction
Ectoderm
Nematoda
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
48. 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.
Porifera
Cerebellum
Nematoda
Gene Migration
49. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
The nucleus
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Altruism
Common elements found in proteins
50. In DNA Guanine pairs with...
Cytosine
Phosphorous gas
Aganatha
Common elements found in proteins