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CLEP Biology
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1. The transfer of electrons.
Chromosome
Spiracles
Savanna
Ionic bonds involve
2. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Porifera
The adrenal glands
Cuticle
The products of the Krebs cycle
3. It secretes saliva which enters the digestive tract and aids the digestive process.
The salivary gland
The cuticle
Habitat
Will increase the reaction rate
4. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
So it can be used over and over again.
Meristem tissue
The pituitary gland
Habitat
5. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
T Cells
Kingdom Animalia
Mesozoic era
About five million years ago...
6. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
The nucleus
Hypothalamus
Mesozoic era
Xylem tissue
7. Are the organelles where cellular respiration occurs.
Did not evolve together
Mitochondria
Ecological niches open up
parasitic
8. The pituitary gland.
Mesoderm
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Cellular Metabolism
Epidermal tissue
9. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
The hormone aldosterone
Ectoderm
Epidermal tissue
Spiracles
10. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
Vascular bundles
parasitic
Chromosome
Annelida
11. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
The biosphere
Color blindness
An enzyme
Aganatha
12. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Pharynx
Annelida
Bronchi
Mature sporophyte
13. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
T Cells
Lymphocytes
Allopatric speciation
Endocytic vesicles
14. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
Vitamin C
Ecological niches open up
Ribonucleic acid
C ---OH
15. Is made of stacked cells connected by sieve plates that allow nutrients to pass from cell to cell. They transport food made in the leaves (by photosynthesis) to the rest of the plant).
Chimpanzees
Habitat
Mesoderm
Phloem tissue
16. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
The biosphere
Vitamins
Chromatin
The nucleus
17. 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.
DNA replication
So it can be used over and over again.
Lysosomes
Differential reproduction
18. Transparency - polarity - high specific heat - and density (lower density when solid than when liquid.).
Germ layers
Chromosome
Kingdom Protista
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
19. 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
Genetic imprinting
Will increase the reaction rate
Iisotonic state
Cytosine
20. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
Gymnosperms
The hormone aldosterone
Cerebrum
Hypothalamus
21. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
Free ribosomes
Cerebrum
Germ layers
A gene is
22. Covalent bonds
Hypothalamus
Hydrolysis
Share electrons
The biosphere
23. 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
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Parenchyma tissue
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
24. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Stomach secretions
Chromosome
Destroy most enzymes
Circadian rhythms
25. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
Common elements found in proteins
Cellular Metabolism
Genetic imprinting
The cell membrane
26. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Mesozoic era
An inhibitor
Share electrons
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
27. Fruits that develop from a single ripened ovary (apple - olive - acorn - cucumber).
Natality
Vascular bundles make up the
Simple fruits
Tundra
28. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Midbrain
A gene is
Interphase
Chromatin
29. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
Cnidaria
Lysosomes
The cuticle
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
30. Fossilized burrows from multicellular organisms begin to appear in the geological record approximately 700 million years ago during the Precambrian period. These multicellular animals had only soft parts and could not be fossilized.
Precambrian period
About five million years ago...
Altruism
Tundra
31. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
Larynx
Saprophytic
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
The cuticle
32. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Iisotonic state
Kingdom Fungi
Destroy most enzymes
Cerebrum
33. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Lysosomes
Pi
Epidermal tissue
Prosthetic groups
34. Developed by the German scientists Schleiden and Schwann - States that all living things are made of cells - cells are the basic units of life - all cells come from pre-existing cells.
The Cell Theory
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Very specific
pH of Water
35. Produces the most ATP molecules - yielding 34 ATPs per glucose molecule.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Genetic imprinting
Gene Migration
Parenchyma tissue
36. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
The pancreas
Meristem tissue
Biogeochemical cycles
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
37. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
Gnathostomata
Bryophytes
Destroy most enzymes
Pi
38. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
Cerebellum
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Cellular Metabolism
Alveoli
39. 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.
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Ectoderm
Will increase the reaction rate
40. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Hydrolysis
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Hypothalamus
41. Subsets below the kingdom level
Hydrolysis
The nucleus
Ionic bonds involve
Phyla
42. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Pi
An enzyme
Habitat
Natality
43. 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
Circadian rhythms
Ecological niches open up
Phototropism
Hydrolysis
44. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Angiosperms
A catalyst
Stomach secretions
Chordata
45. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil
Chimpanzees
Prothallus
Plasmodesmata
Vascular bundles make up the
46. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Ectoderm tissue
Cenozoic era
Ectoderm
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
47. 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.
Adenine
Stomach secretions
Porifera
Ectoderm tissue
48. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Gnathostomata
The pituitary gland
Plasmodesmata
49. Protein synthesis
Color blindness
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
C ---OH
Genome
50. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Cnidaria
Balance
Gametocide
The biosphere