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CLEP Biology: Basic Chemistry

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  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The living content in a cell






2. Organic compounds that contain carbon - hydrogen and oxygen; provide structure and store energy






3. Another nucleic acid; single strand; sometime replaces thymine






4. When a cell needs a monosaccharide - enzymes cause disaccharides to undergo hydrolysis - which means the breaking down of a disaccharide by adding a water molecule






5. Group of organic substances slightly soluble in water; very soluble in other organic liquids; mostly structural but also store energy; humans and animals store their excess energy as lipids






6. Single sugars; glucose(C6H12O6) is a monosaccharide that is manufactured by plants in photosynthesis






7. Made of amino acids; polypeptide chain of amino acids; make up the majority of an organism's cells; used as enzymes or as building blocks






8. The diffusion of water(!!) through a semipermiable membrane; equilibrium is never reached.






9. Elements essential to life






10. Composed of long chains of glucose; is a polysaccharide; found in plant cell walls; nondigestible by most animals; part of our diet called bulk or rubbage(fiber)






11. Dissolved






12. In any process - energy is neither created nor destroyed






13. Polysaccharide; animal starch (animals and humans eat starches abd break them down to monosaccharides; the liver converts them to glycogen for storage)






14. The ability to do work






15. Double sugars; maltose - sucrose - lactose; formed when monosaccharides undergo dehydration synthesis - when a suger looses hydrozyl group (OH) and another gives hydrogen - resulting in a water molecule and a ...






16. Whenever energy is used - some of the energy is wasted






17. Is a polysaccharide; stored by plants; a major energy source for humans; humans can't make it






18. What is chief ingredient in living things?






19. Can change between gel and sol phases (ex. protoplasm)






20. Smallest unit of an element






21. Proteins only one that are...






22. Found in nucleus of cell; contain info necessary for the manufacture of an organism's proteins; nucleic acid form genes; watson and crick discovered






23. Many sugars; complex carbs






24. Process of making two DNA molecules from one strand






25. Dissolver (water: universal solvent)






26. Most abundant form of lipids; building blocks for other lipids; have hydrophilic and hydrophobic ends; in water - will align themselves; good source of energy; found in dairy and animal tissues






27. Matter is composed of ______






28. Homogenous(alike) mixture of one or more substances in another substance






29. Gives off heat; exo - outside






30. Stored energy






31. Mixture of fine particles that do not settle out quickly (ex. protoplasm)






32. Particles are mixed but not dissolved






33. Affect the rate of the reaction but are not changed in the reaction






34. The increase in randomness and loss of usable energy






35. Cannot change between gel and sol (ex. egg whites)






36. Polysaccharide; strong and flexible; makes up shells of crabs - lobsters - shrimp - insects; found in cell walls of fungi






37. Energy in motion






38. Absorbs heat; endo - within






39. The putting together of living things






40. Made of nucleotides; sugar - phosphate - base; adenine - thyOOmine; guani`ne - cytosine