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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
Restriction enzymes
Porifera
Larynx
Bryophytes
2. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Color blindness
Phosphorous gas
Recycled environmental factors
Porifera
3. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
The adrenal glands
A hydrogen bond
Circadian rhythms
Phosphorous gas
4. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil
Desert
Prothallus
Prosthetic groups
A sex linked recessive disease
5. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Carbon
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
6. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
C ---OH
Ribonucleic acid
Simple fruits
Stomach secretions
7. 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.
Gene Migration
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Stomach secretions
Internodal tissue
8. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Internodal tissue
Ecotone
Plasmodesmata
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
9. Is an abundant element found in protoplasm. Together with oxygen - hydrogen - and nitrogen - it composes over 90% of cellular structure.
Stem tissues
Carbon
Common elements found in proteins
Mitochondria
10. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Kingdom Plantae
So it can be used over and over again.
Ecotone
Protista
11. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Lysis
The primary role of DNA in the cell
The cell membrane
12. 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.
Differential reproduction
Cellular Respiration
The cell membrane
Prosthetic groups
13. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Catabolism
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Natality
Lactose
14. 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.
Biogeochemical cycles
Endocytic vesicles
Kingdom Fungi
Gnathostomata
15. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
The habitat of an organism includes
Destroy most enzymes
Xylem tissue
Genetic screening
16. 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.
Carrying capacity
Kingdom Protista
Silicon
Isotonic Conditions
17. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Early hominids...
Cerebellum
Altruism
Vitamins
18. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Desert
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Catabolism
Biosphere
19. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
The salivary gland
Carrying capacity
Gregor Medel
Adenine
20. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
Aganatha
Desert
Stomach secretions
Phototropism
21. Controls olfactory lobes (smell)
Forebrain
The nucleus
North America
The cell membrane
22. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
Anabolsim
Plasmodesmata
Niche
Circadian rhythms
23. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
The community
Phototropism
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Natality
24. Synthesis
A lysosome
Genetic imprinting
The Cell Theory
Anabolism
25. Covers and protects the leaf.
Genetic maintenance
Cuticle
Allopatric speciation
The pancreas
26. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
Endoderm
A catalyst
C ---OH
Did not evolve together
27. Fruits that develop from a single ripened ovary (apple - olive - acorn - cucumber).
Ectoderm
Filtered by the liver
Successful reproduction
Simple fruits
28. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Prosthetic groups
Altruism
Multiple fruit
Meristem tissue
29. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Hydrolysis
Trachea
Blastula
Early hominids...
30. Breaking down
Stem tissues
Catabolism
Isotonic Conditions
Cell walls
31. The phylum of insects (bees).
Pharynx
Xylem tissue
Epidermal tissue
Arthropoda
32. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Pi
Genetic imprinting
Endoderm
Will increase the reaction rate
33. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Lysis
Genetic screening
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Hypothalamus
34. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Kingdom Fungi
Chlorophyll
The community
Phosphorous
35. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Differential reproduction
A sex linked recessive disease
Porifera
Phloem tissue
36. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
T Cells
Saprophytic
Cerebrum
The Cell Theory
37. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Cenozoic era
Filtered by the liver
Allopatric speciation
Annelida
38. 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
Pharynx
Cellular Metabolism
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
39. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Cuticle
pH of Water
Adenine
Phototropism
40. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
The biosphere
Blastula
Kingdom Animalia
Ecotone
41. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
The Cell Theory
Saprophytic
Vascular bundles
Chimpanzees
42. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
Restriction enzymes
The nucleus
Kingdom Animalia
Morula
43. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Vascular bundles
Cellular Metabolism
Chromosome
Tundra
44. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Gregor Medel
Endocytic vesicles
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Gametocide
45. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
An inhibitor
Gametogenesis
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Stem tissues
46. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees
Savanna
Vascular bundles
Altruism
47. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Silicon
Gametocide
Ectoderm
The hormone aldosterone
48. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Gnathostomata
Gymnosperms
Circadian rhythms
Biosphere
49. Becomes available for erosion as undersea sedimentary rocks are up-thrust by volcanic activity - erosion releases it from rocks into streams where it combines with oxygen to form phosphates in lakes that are then absorbed by plants - it is recycled t
Morula
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Genome
Phosphorous
50. Is a behavior that is learned during a critical point (often very early) in an individual's life. Imprinting enables the young the recognize members of their own species.
Aves
Imprinting
Plasmodesmata
Phototropism