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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Mature sporophyte
Cerebrum
Genetic screening
The cuticle
2. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
Phototropism
Free ribosomes
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Scurvy
3. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
The habitat of an organism includes
Carrying capacity
T Cells
Anabolism
4. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
The Cambrian Period
DNA replication
Adenine
Phosphorous gas
5. Are tubes constructed of a geometrical arrangement of microtubules in a pinwheel shape. Their function includes the formation of new microtubules - but is primarily to form the structural skeleton around which cells split during mitosis and meiosis.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Prothallus
Centrioles
Hydrolysis
6. Is found on the stem between nodes.
The Nitrogen cycle
Ectoderm
Internodal tissue
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
7. The phylum of insects (bees).
pathogenic
Cnidaria
Arthropoda
Protista
8. Is a behavior that is learned during a critical point (often very early) in an individual's life. Imprinting enables the young the recognize members of their own species.
Imprinting
Hemophilia
The pancreas
Prothallus
9. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Stem tissues
North America
A hydrogen bond
An enzyme
10. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
About five million years ago...
Ribonucleic acid
Balance
Gametocide
11. The phyla of round worms.
A prosthetic group
Population
Lysis
Nematoda
12. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Protista
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Pharynx
Forebrain
13. Are the monomers that form nucleic acids - containing a sugar - phosphate group - and a nitrogenous base.
Cerebrum
The biosphere
Chordata
Nucleotides
14. Is more like branching out of a tree with dead ends and new branches appearing simultaneously than like steps on a ladder.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Ectoderm
The Nitrogen cycle
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
15. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
B Cells
Nucleotides
Chimpanzees
Enzymes catalyze reactions
16. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Internodal tissue
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Phototropism
Lactose
17. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
So it can be used over and over again.
Genetic maintenance
Carbon
Parenchyma tissue
18. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
Adenine
Restriction enzymes
Phototropism
Lysosomes
19. Is the control of protein synthesis. Genetic traits are expressed and specialization of cells occur as a result of the combination of proteins produced by the DNA of a cell.
Will increase the reaction rate
Simple fruits
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Larynx
20. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Chlorophyll
Lymphocytes
Share electrons
Mesozoic era
21. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Angiosperms
Kingdom Protista
Anabolsim
Multiple fruit
22. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Vascular bundles
The biosphere
The products of the Krebs cycle
Carrying capacity
23. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Lactose
Midbrain
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Meristem tissue
24. When stems bend toward the light it is due to _____________ the hormone auxin - in response to light - migrates from the light to the dark side of the shoot tip. The cells on the dark side now contain more auxin - which causes the cells on that side
Parenchyma tissue
Restriction enzymes
Phototropism
Precambrian period
25. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
Gametocide
Midbrain
Pi
C ---OH
26. Are membrane-bound organelles that contain digestive enzymes that digest dead or unused material within the cell or materials absorbed by the cell for use.
Biosphere
Lysosomes
Anabolism
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
27. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
Tundra
Ecotone
Filtered by the liver
The adrenal glands
28. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Gametogenesis
Chromosome
Habituation
Epidermal tissue
29. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh
Circadian rhythms
Angiosperms
Meristem tissue
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
30. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Vascular bundles make up the
Parenchyma tissue
Xylem tissue
The habitat of an organism includes
31. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Lysis
Xylem tissue
Vascular bundles make up the
32. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Ribonucleic acid
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Aganatha
Paleozoic era
33. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
The nucleus
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Silicon
Savanna
34. The pharynx is between the nasal passage and the trachea. Air passes into the body via the nasal passage - then passes through the pharynx and on to the trachea.
Pharynx
Habituation
Non-protein
Plasmodesmata
35. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Vascular bundles make up the
Will increase the reaction rate
Mature sporophyte
Vitamin C
36. May be ions or non-protein molecules - they are similar to cofactors - but differ in that they are tightly attached by covalent bonds to the enzyme - rather than being separate atoms or molecules.
Mature sporophyte
The adrenal glands
Prosthetic groups
Natality
37. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
Cytosine
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Gnathostomata
38. Are the organelles where cellular respiration occurs.
Meristem tissue
Chromatin
Mitochondria
Trachea
39. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
Carrying capacity
parasitic
The nucleus
Isotonic Conditions
40. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
parasitic
Catabolism
The adrenal glands
Early hominids...
41. Is the period when the cell is active in carrying on the function it was designed to perform within the organism. Cells spend much more time in interphase than in cell division.
Parenchyma tissue
An enzyme
Early hominids...
Interphase
42. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Kingdom Fungi
Color blindness
Prosthetic groups
A mutation
43. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
Population
Ribonucleic acid
Destroy most enzymes
Share electrons
44. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
Ionic bonds involve
Chromosome
Chromatin
Forebrain
45. Disease causing
pH of Water
Carrying capacity
Aggregate fruit
pathogenic
46. Respiratory organs within insects
A sex linked recessive disease
Chlorophyll has the ability to
A catalyst
Spiracles
47. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Iisotonic state
Hydrolysis
Cerebellum
48. Is a phylum that contains jellyfish - hydra - etc.
A lysosome
Cnidaria
Desert
Color blindness
49. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
Bryophytes
Ecotone
Gametocide
Carrying capacity
50. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Ecotone
Ecological niches open up
Hydrolysis
Phototropism