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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Porifera
The cuticle
Chimpanzees
2. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
The biosphere
An enzyme
Carbon
Natality
3. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Cytosine
The nucleus
The salivary gland
Mature sporophyte
4. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Lysis
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Natality
Parenchyma tissue
5. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
A sex linked recessive disease
A lysosome
C ---OH
Morula
6. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Phyla
Bronchi
The community
Stem tissues
7. When the water concentration inside and outside the cell is equal - It is said to be in an...
Lactose
Differential reproduction
The biosphere
Iisotonic state
8. The phylum of insects (bees).
Annelida
Ecotone
A lysosome
Arthropoda
9. Is very rare and is not absorbed by plant leaves. Phosphorous is nearly always found in solid form.
About five million years ago...
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Phosphorous gas
The cell membrane
10. The total amount of genetic information available for a given species.
Genome
Iisotonic state
Hypothalamus
Successful reproduction
11. Niche
Spiracles
Hemophilia
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
A species role in the food chain is part of its
12. A hydrogen bond involves the ________________ and can be easily broken.
Carbon
Habitat
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Ectoderm
13. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Restriction enzymes
Savanna
A hydrogen bond
14. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Vitamins
Altruism
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
15. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Mesozoic era
A sex linked recessive disease
Gymnosperms
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
16. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Chromosome
The nucleus
Allopatric speciation
Genetic imprinting
17. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
Early hominids...
The pancreas
Phyla
T Cells
18. The process of forming eggs and sperm cells in the reproductive organs.
Annelida
Genetic imprinting
Protista
Gametogenesis
19. Breaking down
The pancreas
Cenozoic era
Catabolism
Plasmodesmata
20. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
DNA replication
Habituation
Nucleotides
Anabolism
21. Is an abundant element found in protoplasm. Together with oxygen - hydrogen - and nitrogen - it composes over 90% of cellular structure.
Prosthetic groups
Gametogenesis
Carbon
The cell membrane
22. 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.
Imprinting
Paleozoic era
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Internodal tissue
23. The phyla of round worms.
The cell membrane
Population
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Nematoda
24. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
A sex linked recessive disease
A mutation
Scurvy
Isotonic Conditions
25. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Successful reproduction
Cnidaria
Saprophytic
The products of the Krebs cycle
26. Contain one celled eukaryotes such as algae and protozoa.
Catabolism
Kingdom Protista
A lysosome
Bronchi
27. The transfer of electrons.
Angiosperms
Ionic bonds involve
Endocytic vesicles
Biogeochemical cycles
28. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Cerebrum
Prosthetic groups
A mutation
The cell membrane
29. Controls olfactory lobes (smell)
A prosthetic group
Forebrain
Allopatric speciation
Parenchyma tissue
30. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
The Cell Theory
Anabolism
An enzyme
Aves
31. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Gymnosperms
Kingdom Fungi
Meristem tissue
32. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Adenine
Mesozoic era
Gametocide
Hydrolysis
33. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
Will increase the reaction rate
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Anabolsim
The hormone aldosterone
34. The pituitary gland.
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Morula
A gene is
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
35. An orienting response to light.
Chimpanzees
Phototropism
Isotonic Conditions
A gene is
36. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
Cellular Respiration
Bronchi
C ---OH
Will increase the reaction rate
37. Controls balance and muscle coordination
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Gymnosperms
A prosthetic group
Cerebellum
38. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Interphase
Ribonucleic acid
Vitamin C
T Cells
39. 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.
Did not evolve together
The salivary gland
Ecotone
Pharynx
40. Sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting
Cellular Respiration
Hemophilia
Cytosine
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
41. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Endocytic vesicles
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Aves
42. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
Hydrolysis
Ectoderm
Interphase
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
43. Between the endoderm and ectoderm - layer that will eventually form the muscles - and organs of the skeletal - circulatory - respiratory - reproductive - and excretory systems.
Mesoderm
Phototropism
Phyla
Protista
44. States that where random mating is occurring within a population that is in equilibrium with its environment - the gene frequencies and genotype ratios will remain constant from generation to generation. It is a mathematical formula that shows why re
Epidermal tissue
B Cells
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
45. Are the monomers that form nucleic acids - containing a sugar - phosphate group - and a nitrogenous base.
Share electrons
Trachea
Nucleotides
Meristem tissue
46. Carbon - nitrogen - phosphorous - and water. These are all recycled through biogeochemical processes.
Phyla
Gametogenesis
Recycled environmental factors
The Cell Theory
47. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Cuticle
Vascular bundles make up the
Endocytic vesicles
The pancreas
48. Most fossils of Hominids are from continents other than...
Cerebellum
North America
Gnathostomata
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
49. 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.
Allopatric speciation
Gnathostomata
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Kingdom Plantae
50. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
Meristem tissue
Chromatin
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting