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CLEP Biology: Basic Chemistry

Subjects : clep, science, biology
Instructions:
  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The putting together of living things






2. Elements essential to life






3. Absorbs heat; endo - within






4. Gives off heat; exo - outside






5. What is chief ingredient in living things?






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






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 living content in a cell






9. Stored energy






10. 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






11. Energy in motion






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






13. Matter is composed of ______






14. Dissolver (water: universal solvent)






15. Smallest unit of an element






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






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






18. The increase in randomness and loss of usable energy






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Many sugars; complex carbs






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






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






26. 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 ...






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






28. 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






29. 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)






30. Particles are mixed but not dissolved






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






32. Process of making two DNA molecules from one strand






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






34. Dissolved






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






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






37. The ability to do work






38. Proteins only one that are...






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






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