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CLEP Biology: Basic Chemistry

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  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is chief ingredient in living things?






2. Matter is composed of ______






3. 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






4. The living content in a cell






5. The ability to do work






6. Energy in motion






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






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






9. 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 ...






10. The increase in randomness and loss of usable energy






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






12. Many sugars; complex carbs






13. Particles are mixed but not dissolved






14. Dissolved






15. Stored energy






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






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






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






19. Absorbs heat; endo - within






20. The putting together of living things






21. Process of making two DNA molecules from one strand






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






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






24. Smallest unit of an element






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






26. Elements essential to life






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






28. Gives off heat; exo - outside






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. Dissolver (water: universal solvent)






33. Proteins only one that are...






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






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






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






38. 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)






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






40. 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