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SAT Subject Test: Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The ourter part of the adrenal gland that secretes many hormones - including cortisone and aldosterone
cell wall
dendrite
adrenal cortex
Krebs cycle
2. A stalklike or elongated body part - usually pointed at one end
parthenogenesis
aerobic
style
pathogen
3. A remnant of follicle after ovulation that secretes the hormone progesterone
cloaca
cerebral hemisphere
dimorphism
corpus luteum
4. Chemical groups attached to carbon skeletons that give compounds their functionality
adaptation
functional groups
diploid
deletion
5. An invertebrate animal phylum in which animals possess a single alimentary opening and tentacles with stinging cells
Coelentrata
nerve cord
FSH
ganglion
6. An antipathogenic substance (e.g. - penicillin)
hepatic portal system
functional groups
antibiotic
axon
7. Relating to the lung
morula
pulmonary
pleural cavity
plasma membrane
8. An organism that possesses one or more whiplike appendages called flagella
lysosome
flagellate
pathogen
cyton
9. A process of formation of ova
oogenesis
cornea
pedigree
autosome
10. A pyrimidine found in RNA (but not DNA); pairs with DNA adenine
malpighian tubules
uracil
auxin
differentation
11. A sugar composed of two combined monosaccharides
zygote
endoplasm
recombinant DNA technology
disaccharide
12. Tissue formed by the differentiation of cambium that causes a growth in width of a plant system
diencephalon
secondary tissue
levels of structure
polymer
13. A marine arthropod - now extinct - that lived during the Paleozoic era
aerobe
uterus
trilobite
stomach
14. Describes arthropods and other animals whose skeletal or supporting structures are outside the skin
exoskeleton
absorption
disaccharide
eukaryote
15. Involuntary muscle
epididymis
glomerulus
umbilicus
smooth muscle
16. A network of capillaries in the Bowman's capsules of the kidney
femur
Crustacea
cuticle
glomerulus
17. A starch form in animals; glucose is converted to this in the liver
phylum
ethylene
ecology
glycogen
18. The phylum of sponges
antigen
Porifera
flagellum
thalamus
19. The central tissue of a stem - used for food storage
Chordata
endoplasm
chemosynthesis
pith
20. An organism that is heterozygous for two different traits
taiga
spindle
ganglion
dihybrid
21. Describes an individual that possesses two contrasting alleles for a given trait
heterozygous
irritability
respiratory center
alimentary canal
22. The breeding of an organism with a homozygous recessive in order to determine whether an organism is homozygous dominant or heterozygous dominant for a given trait
biotic
differentation
test cross
carapace
23. A "seed leaf"; responsible for food digestion and storage in plant embryo
isomer
carnivore
cotyledon
hypertonic
24. An association of homologous chromosomes during the first meiotic division
amnion
pairing
substrate
enzyme
25. A nitrogen base that is present in nucleotides and nucleic acids; it is paired with guanine
deletion
metamorphosis
appendage
cytosine
26. A hormone that regulates water reabsorption
luteinizing hormone (LH)
ADH (vassopressin)
centrosome
monohybrid
27. Partially digested food in the stomach
ganglion
chyme
protein
functional groups
28. The class of free-living flatworms
planaria
epinephrine
Graffian follicle
tundra
29. A structure of the eye that focuses images on the retina by changing its convexity
self-pollination
gene
immunity
lens
30. The thigh bone of vertebrates
femur
organelle
gastrula
stomach
31. An air sac in the lung; the site of respiratory exchange - involving diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air in the alveolus and the blood in the capillaries
cell wall
alveolus
gibberellin
lymphocyte
32. An ion with a positive charge - or an ion that migrates towards the cathode (negative electrode) in an electric field
cation
cerebral cortex
plexus
analogous
33. A female sex hormone secreted by the follicle
sporophyte
contractile vacuole
epicotyl
estrogen
34. A process by which the cell membrane is invaginated to form a vesicle which contains extracellular medium
ventricle
endocytosis
goiter
lymph capillary
35. A stomach enzyme that partially digests proteins
progesterone
pepsin
parenchyma
goiter
36. The association of physical - visceral response with an environmental stimulus with which it is not naturally associated; a learned response
polyploidy
translation
conditioning
abiotic
37. The womb in which the fetus develops
crossing over
ethanol fermentation
uterus
coenzyme
38. A fatty sheath surrounding the axon of a neuron that aids in stimulus transmission; it is secreted by the Schwann cells
testes
myelin sheath
geotropism
capillary
39. The removal of hydrogen or electrons from a compound or addition of oxygen; half of a redox (oxidation or reduction) process
hormone
oxidation
rickettsia
DNA
40. A specialized structure that controls osmotic pressure by removing water from the cell
contractile vacuole
genetic code
fermentation
phagocyte
41. 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
digestion
cortex
prophase
Loop of Henle
42. Nonfunctional haploid cells created during meiosis in females; they have very little cytoplasm-most has gone into the functional egg cell
thyroid
cotyledon
meninges
polar body
43. Describes an individual that has the same gene for the same trait on each homologous chromosome
mitochondria
seminiferous tubules
homozygous
centriole
44. There are two kinds of sex chromosomes - X and Y; XX signifies a female and XY signifies a male
epiglottis
sex chromosome
duodenum
interstitial cells
45. Pertaining to a subdivision of the autonomic nervous system
chemosynthesis
gamete
style
sympathetic
46. An organic molecule consisting of joined phosphate - 5-carbon sugar (deoxyribose or ribose) - and a purine or a pyrimidine (adenine - guanine - uracil - thymine or cytosine)
telophase
nucleotide
photolysis
hormone
47. The elimination of metabolic waster matter
excretion
monohybrid
nictitating membrane
pituitary
48. The large intestine
neuron
substrate
nerve net
colon
49. Self-digestion occurring in plant and animal tissues - particularly after they have ceased to function properly
meiosis
esophagus
autolysis
alternation of generations
50. A bone of the upper arm
steroid
metamorphosis
humerus
acetylcholine