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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.
Ectoderm tissue
Biogeochemical cycles
An inhibitor
Gene Migration
2. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Multiple fruit
Kingdom Fungi
A sex linked recessive disease
3. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
Endocytic vesicles
Plasmodesmata
Non-protein
Precambrian period
4. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Successful reproduction
C ---OH
Meristem tissue
Gregor Medel
5. 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
Mature sporophyte
Phosphorous
So it can be used over and over again.
6. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Allopatric speciation
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Prosthetic groups
Vitamin C
7. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
Share electrons
Differential reproduction
Circadian rhythms
Biosphere
8. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Did not evolve together
Hydrolysis
Natality
Cellular Metabolism
9. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
The Nitrogen cycle
Non-protein
Restriction enzymes
Endoderm
10. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Non-protein
The pituitary gland
Protista
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
11. 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.
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Cenozoic era
Anabolism
Isotonic Conditions
12. Controls hunger and thirst
Epidermal tissue
Kingdom Animalia
The cell membrane
Hypothalamus
13. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Chromatin
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Catabolism
14. 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
Prothallus
Will increase the reaction rate
Bronchi
Phloem tissue
15. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Angiosperms
Early hominids...
Prosthetic groups
The Cell Theory
16. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
parasitic
Hypothalamus
An enzyme
Endoderm
17. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
Imprinting
The cuticle
Porifera
Altruism
18. A cell will only remain stable if the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a __________ with the volume of the cytoplasm.
Ectoderm tissue
Prothallus
Arthropoda
Balance
19. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Allopatric speciation
Nematoda
Desert
Multiple fruit
20. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
A sex linked recessive disease
Germ layers
An enzyme
Savanna
21. An opportunistic life strategy strategy. Lichens invading a bare rock area after a volcanic eruption is an example.
Did not evolve together
R-selection
Mesozoic era
Lactose
22. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
The habitat of an organism includes
A gene is
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Cerebrum
23. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
R-selection
Anabolsim
The community
The nucleus
24. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Hypothalamus
A lysosome
Ectoderm tissue
Kingdom Plantae
25. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Hypothalamus
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Internodal tissue
The adrenal glands
26. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Early hominids...
Ectoderm tissue
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Spiracles
27. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Protista
Hydrolysis
Ecological niches open up
Hemophilia
28. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Protista
B Cells
Tundra
29. Transparency - polarity - high specific heat - and density (lower density when solid than when liquid.).
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Vascular bundles
A mutation
Ionic bonds involve
30. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Genome
Did not evolve together
Pharynx
Vascular bundles make up the
31. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
North America
The nucleus
Filtered by the liver
Gregor Medel
32. Is a special protein that acts as a catalyst for organic reactions.
Cell walls
An enzyme
Mitochondria
The cell's 'powerhouses'
33. 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.
Ectoderm tissue
The adrenal glands
Larynx
Pharynx
34. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Habitat
Cellular Respiration
So it can be used over and over again.
Xylem tissue
35. 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.
Differential reproduction
Meristem tissue
Prosthetic groups
Scurvy
36. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Stem tissues
The products of the Krebs cycle
Iisotonic state
Ribonucleic acid
37. 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).
Stem tissues
A hydrogen bond
Scurvy
Saprophytic
38. 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
Annelida
About five million years ago...
Phototropism
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
39. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
The salivary gland
Porifera
Genome
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
40. Covers and protects the leaf.
Kingdom Plantae
Phloem tissue
Cuticle
Genetic maintenance
41. 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.
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Altruism
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Pi
42. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
R-selection
Recycled environmental factors
Adenine
Mature sporophyte
43. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
Kingdom Protista
The nucleus
Anabolsim
Cerebrum
44. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
Chlorophyll
The nucleus
So it can be used over and over again.
Silicon
45. The trachea includes the windpipe or larynx in its upper portion - and the glottis - an opening that allows the gases to pass into the two branches known as the bronchi.
A hydrogen bond
Cnidaria
The pituitary gland
Trachea
46. Is comprised of all the organisms that interact within a given ecosystem whether or not it is at carrying capacity.
Stomach secretions
Spiracles
Chromatin
The community
47. The class composed of birds.
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Aves
Simple fruits
Niche
48. Develops from the morula as a thin layer of cells surrounding an internal cavity.
T Cells
Chordata
Blastula
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
49. Is an accidental change of the DNA sequence of the gene that can result in creating a change of trait that is not found in the parent.
Internodal tissue
Common elements found in proteins
A mutation
Carbon
50. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Catabolism
Hemophilia
Kingdom Protista
Trachea