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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Engages in both passive and active transport.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Catabolism
Gametocide
Prothallus
2. In DNA Thymine pairs with...
A catalyst
Meristem tissue
Adenine
Vascular bundles
3. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Did not evolve together
Kingdom Fungi
R-selection
The nucleus
4. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Altruism
Isotonic Conditions
Endocytic vesicles
parasitic
5. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
R-selection
Carrying capacity
Successful reproduction
An inhibitor
6. Carbon - nitrogen - phosphorous - and water. These are all recycled through biogeochemical processes.
About five million years ago...
Recycled environmental factors
Internodal tissue
Imprinting
7. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Gnathostomata
Meristem tissue
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Kingdom Animalia
8. A length of DNA (with corresponding histones) is responsible for the production of a certain protein that causes a particular trait to be expressed in an organism.
An enzyme
DNA replication
A gene is
The adrenal glands
9. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Did not evolve together
The nucleus
Saprophytic
Angiosperms
10. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Tundra
Aggregate fruit
Cerebrum
11. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Destroy most enzymes
Common elements found in proteins
Centrioles
Genetic screening
12. Must be present for photosynthesis to occur - it is not used up in the process.
Chlorophyll
Genetic maintenance
Cell walls
The biosphere
13. The class composed of birds.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
The pancreas
Chimpanzees
Aves
14. The effect of a substrate concentration on the initial reaction rate in the presence of a limited amount of enzyme: _________________ as the concentration of substrate is increased until all the enzymes are used - then the reaction rate will level of
Bryophytes
Natality
Simple fruits
Will increase the reaction rate
15. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.
Catabolism
Simple fruits
Free ribosomes
The pancreas
16. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Internodal tissue
Vitamin C
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Genetic screening
17. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
Aves
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Free ribosomes
Savanna
18. Is composed of an anterior and posterior lobe. The stalk of the lobe is connected to the hypothalamus. Antidiuretic Hormone (AH) is produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary. Upon nervous stimulation from the hypothalamus - t
Gene Migration
Vitamins
Non-protein
The pituitary gland
19. 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.
C ---OH
Free ribosomes
North America
Prosthetic groups
20. Controls olfactory lobes (smell)
Cerebellum
Phosphorous gas
Forebrain
Scurvy
21. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
Larynx
Kingdom Plantae
The biosphere
The Nitrogen cycle
22. Chlorophyll pigments absorb photons of light - leaving the chlorophyll in a higher energy (excited) state - these then supply energy to reactions that produce ATP from ADP and Pi.
Germ layers
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Blastula
Chordata
23. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
Carrying capacity
Non-protein
Phosphorous gas
pathogenic
24. Synthesis
Centrioles
Anabolism
Chromatin
Blastula
25. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
Cellular Respiration
Lysosomes
Gene Migration
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
26. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
Vascular bundles make up the
Prothallus
Vitamins
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
27. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Hemophilia
Stem tissues
About five million years ago...
Endoderm
28. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Protista
B Cells
Gametocide
Carrying capacity
29. Assumes that there are periods of stability during which little evolutionary change occurs - and that speciation can occur rapidly over a very short period of time.
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Forebrain
Population
Plasmodesmata
30. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
Vitamins
Saprophytic
About five million years ago...
Will increase the reaction rate
31. Are produced when water passes through the cell membrane by osmosis from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration - to equalize water concentration.
An enzyme
Isotonic Conditions
Mesoderm
Scurvy
32. Is a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in which the body is unable to build enough collagen (a major component of connective tissue).
Stomach secretions
Kingdom Animalia
Scurvy
Catabolism
33. The phyla of sponges.
The community
Gymnosperms
The Cell Theory
Porifera
34. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Gametocide
Vascular bundles make up the
Gregor Medel
Lysis
35. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Cytosine
Lactose
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Will increase the reaction rate
36. An orienting response to light.
Carrying capacity
Phototropism
The salivary gland
Chlorophyll has the ability to
37. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
Mature sporophyte
Ectoderm
The biosphere
Tundra
38. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
Phyla
Lymphocytes
A sex linked recessive disease
The key limiting factor on cell size
39. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Tundra
Meristem tissue
Protista
Epidermal tissue
40. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Meristem tissue
Catabolism
Bryophytes
41. The phyla of round worms.
The Cell Theory
Internodal tissue
The nucleus
Nematoda
42. Is composed of a double layer (bilayer) of phospholipids with protein globules imbedded within the layers. The construction of the membrane allows it to aid the function of the cell by permitting entrance and exit of molecules as needed by the cell.
Kingdom Fungi
Plasmodesmata
The cell membrane
About five million years ago...
43. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
Lactose
Chordata
Chromatin
The pancreas
44. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil
Prothallus
Cell walls
Arthropoda
Chromatin
45. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
T Cells
Recycled environmental factors
Catabolism
Savanna
46. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.
Aggregate fruit
Anabolism
Filtered by the liver
Paleozoic era
47. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
pH of Water
Population
Gametocide
Genetic maintenance
48. The pituitary gland.
Destroy most enzymes
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Habituation
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
49. Most fossils of Hominids are from continents other than...
North America
The cuticle
Iisotonic state
C ---OH
50. Digestive enzymes - hydrochloric acid - and gastric juices which aid in digestion. The mucous secreted by the stomach protects the stomach lining from the acids and juices.
Paleozoic era
Carbon
Hypothalamus
Stomach secretions