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CLEP Biology: Basic Chemistry

Subjects : clep, science, biology
Instructions:
  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Gives off heat; exo - outside






2. Smallest unit of an element






3. Many sugars; complex carbs






4. The living content in a cell






5. Matter is composed of ______






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






7. Absorbs heat; endo - within






8. Dissolver (water: universal solvent)






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






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. Proteins only one that are...






12. Particles are mixed but not dissolved






13. Process of making two DNA molecules from one strand






14. 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 ...






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






16. The ability to do work






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






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






19. What is chief ingredient in living things?






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






21. The putting together of living things






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






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






24. Energy in motion






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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)






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






35. The increase in randomness and loss of usable energy






36. Elements essential to life






37. Dissolved






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






39. Stored energy






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