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SAT Subject Test: Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A resistance to disease developed through the immune system
immunity
photoperiodism
deoxyribose
phenotype
2. The recycling of carbon from decaying organisms for use in future generations
Coelentrata
carbon cycle
white matter
organelle
3. Tubules that excrete metabolic wastes into the hindgut in arthropods
bacillus
malpighian tubules
acetylcholine
pelagic zone
4. A mitotic or meiotic stage in which the chromosomes become visible and during which the spindle fibers form; synapsis takes place during the first meiotic prophase
epinephrine
calorie
clotting
prophase
5. An abbreviation of nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide - also called DPN; a respiratory oxidation-reduction molecule
NAD
levels of structure
endosperm
cambium
6. The orderly process by which one biotic community replaces another until a climax community is established
autonomic nervous system
ecological succession
cloaca
granum
7. In plants - the tissue between the epidermis and the vascular cylinder in the roots and stems of plants; in animals - the outer tissue of some organs
chyme
cortex
diencephalon
adrenal medulla
8. A response by an organism to the duration and timing of light and dark conditions
larva
dihybrid
antibiotic
photoperiodism
9. Plant tissue consisting of large thin-walled cells for storage
stamen
Porifera
exoskeleton
parenchyma
10. A five carbon sugar that has one oxygen atom less than ribose; a component of DNA
deoxyribose
frame shift mutation
anther
littoral zone
11. The innermost tissue layer of the eyeball that contains light-sensitive receptor cells
plankton
retina
capillary
ventricle
12. A vacuole in the cytoplasm in which digestion takes place (in protozoans)
synaptic terminal
gibberellin
gene frequency
food vacuole
13. An enzyme that acts upon sucrose
pons
sucrase
pairing
lipase
14. The male gonads that produce sperm and male hormones
testes
systole
amnion
fibrinogen
15. The ways in which organisms regulate their internal heat
regeneration
thermoregulation
aldosterone
codominant
16. The functional role and position of an organism in an ecosystem; embodies every aspect of the organism's existence
allele
tundra
niche
plastid
17. The thin-walled anterior chamber of the heart (also called the auricle)
Arthropoda
hormone
atrium
thymus
18. Different relationships that are formed in proteins between the original sequence of amino acids and more complex three-dimensional compounds
levels of structure
synergistic
population
codominant
19. The womb in which the fetus develops
nictitating membrane
chemotropism
neural tube
uterus
20. An antigen in blood; can cause erythroblastosis fetalis when the mother is Rh- and the fetus is Rh+
epidermis
smooth muscle
nitrogen cycle
Rh factor
21. A major lymphatic that empties lymph into a vein in the neck
heterotroph
thoracic duct
blastula
follicle
22. The study of the evolutionary descent and interrelations of groups of organisms
alveolus
Eustachian tube
phylogeny
osmoregulation
23. A process of cell division whereby each daughter cell receives only one set of chromosomes; the formation of gametes
pineal body
mutagenic agent
glomerulus
meiosis
24. A jellyfish
placenta
polar body
cation
medusa
25. The pigment in rod cells that causes light sensitivity
testes
bacteriophage
rhodopsin
budding
26. The ways in which organisms regulate their supply of water
maltose
excretion
osmoregulation
ventral root
27. A hydrogen carrier containing iron that functions in many cellular processes - including respiration
ADH (vassopressin)
parasitism
cytochrome
cross-pollination
28. The cell membrane
epiglottis
plasma membrane
lymphocyte
ptyalin
29. The cavity between the lungs and the wall of the chest
luteinizing hormone (LH)
pleural cavity
ovary
cretinism
30. An anucleate red blood cell that contains hemoglobin
cross-pollination
exoskeleton
endosperm
erythrocyte
31. The portion of alimentary canal connecting the pharynx and the stomach
esophagus
lactid acid fermentation
ureter
hybrid
32. The process by which environmental patterns or objects presented to a developing organism during a "critical period" of its growth is accepted as a permanent element of its behavior
anaerobic
imprinting
autonomic nervous system
thrombin
33. An ion with a positive charge - or an ion that migrates towards the cathode (negative electrode) in an electric field
cation
Porifera
systole
plasma membrane
34. An over secretion of thyroid that leads to high metabolism and exopthalmia goiter
lacteal
metaphase
tissue
hyperthyroidism
35. The failure of some homologous pairs of chromosomes to separate following meiotic synapsis
nondisjunction
pheromone
cotyledon
physiology
36. The process by which a certain function is regulated by the amount of the substance it produces
feedback mechanism
tetrad
sex linkage
cerebrum
37. An organism that obtains its nutrients from dead organisms
hemoglobin
saprophyte
plastid
parasympathetic
38. The part of the neuron that transmits impulses to the cell body
dendrite
ureter
follicle
epiglottis
39. A neuron that picks up impulses from receptors and transmits them to the spinal cord
sensory neuron
Crustacea
retina
osmosis
40. A plant that lives on another plant mensalistically
crossing over
epiphyte
vein
appendage
41. An opening in the eye whose size is regulated by the iris
femur
pupil
alternation of generations
binary fission
42. The separation of some members of a population from the rest of their species; prevents interbreeding and may lead to the development of a new species
carapace
isolation
plastid
crossing over
43. The type of mating that occurs when an organism selects a mating partner that resembles itself
phagocyte
assortative mating
translation
pons
44. A typical coelenterate individual with a hollow tubular body whose outer ectoderm is separated from its inner ectoderm by mesoglea
nerve
notochord
polyp
chemosynthesis
45. A marine biome; a region on the continental shelf that contains an ocean area with depths of up to 600 ft
insulin
littoral zone
polysaccharide
polar body
46. A mall sex hormone (e.g. - testosterone)
androgen
genetic code
glottis
incomplete dominance
47. A nitrogenous base such as adenine or guanine; when joined with sugar or phosphate - a component of nucleotides and nucleic acids
purine
coelom
respiratory center
synapse
48. Laws of classical genetics established through Mendel's experiments with peas
Mendelian laws
atrium
adaptive radiation
inversion
49. An enlargement of the thyroid gland due to lack of iodine
eukaryote
goiter
placenta
nerve
50. Nonliving - as in the physical environment
substrate
sex chromosome
abiotic
insulin