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CLEP Biology
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1. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
Chromosome
Anabolism
Allopatric speciation
Epidermal tissue
2. In DNA Thymine pairs with...
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Adenine
A catalyst
Cuticle
3. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Simple fruits
Nematoda
T Cells
4. 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
Plasmodesmata
Centrioles
T Cells
Circadian rhythms
5. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Endoderm
Restriction enzymes
Phloem tissue
Midbrain
6. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
Mature sporophyte
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Phototropism
Free ribosomes
7. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Aggregate fruit
Internodal tissue
The cuticle
Lysosomes
8. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Lysis
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Meristem tissue
Share electrons
9. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Multiple fruit
Genetic screening
Destroy most enzymes
B Cells
10. 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
Multiple fruit
The pituitary gland
Cnidaria
Carbon
11. Where protein synthesis occurs. They float unattached in the cytoplasm. They contain RNA that is specific to their function in protein formation.
Cell walls
Free ribosomes
Nematoda
Porifera
12. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
Genetic imprinting
Iisotonic state
Ecotone
Internodal tissue
13. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Multiple fruit
Phosphorous gas
DNA replication
Phototropism
14. Fruits that develop from a single ripened ovary (apple - olive - acorn - cucumber).
Lysis
Simple fruits
Savanna
Color blindness
15. 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.
Genetic imprinting
Gregor Medel
Protista
The cell membrane
16. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Ecotone
Silicon
Scurvy
Early hominids...
17. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees
An enzyme
Cell walls
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
18. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Alveoli
A prosthetic group
Kingdom Fungi
Aggregate fruit
19. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Plasmodesmata
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Vascular bundles make up the
Mitochondria
20. Controls hunger and thirst
Vascular bundles
Nucleotides
Hypothalamus
Catabolism
21. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Imprinting
A prosthetic group
Saprophytic
Midbrain
22. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
Internodal tissue
Cuticle
The Nitrogen cycle
Early hominids...
23. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Gametocide
Nucleotides
Phototropism
Catabolism
24. Covers and protects the leaf.
Mesozoic era
Phosphorous gas
Phloem tissue
Cuticle
25. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Cerebellum
So it can be used over and over again.
Blastula
Hydrolysis
26. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Protista
Differential reproduction
27. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Simple fruits
Kingdom Animalia
The cuticle
The Nitrogen cycle
28. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
Lymphocytes
Differential reproduction
Stomach secretions
A hydrogen bond
29. In both living and non-living environments.
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Carrying capacity
Kingdom Plantae
The Cambrian Period
30. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Gnathostomata
Mesoderm
Pi
Phloem tissue
31. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Biosphere
Lysosomes
Catabolism
Genetic maintenance
32. Process in which elements - chemical compounds - and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another.
Biogeochemical cycles
Silicon
Scurvy
The Cambrian Period
33. Develops from the morula as a thin layer of cells surrounding an internal cavity.
Cenozoic era
Gametocide
Mitochondria
Blastula
34. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Genetic maintenance
Centrioles
Angiosperms
Mature sporophyte
35. When the water concentration inside and outside the cell is equal - It is said to be in an...
Mitochondria
Spiracles
Iisotonic state
Genetic maintenance
36. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
About five million years ago...
An enzyme
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Gregor Medel
37. Is an accidental change of the DNA sequence of the gene that can result in creating a change of trait that is not found in the parent.
A mutation
Desert
Biogeochemical cycles
Genetic screening
38. 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
Phyla
Early hominids...
The salivary gland
39. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
Chromatin
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Did not evolve together
Aganatha
40. Is the earliest period of the Paleozoic era. Began with the Cambrian explosion - this explosion of life resulted in the representatives of most of the modern phyla being present.
The Cambrian Period
Balance
Paleozoic era
Kingdom Plantae
41. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Mesoderm
Saprophytic
T Cells
Differential reproduction
42. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Phototropism
Phosphorous gas
Prothallus
Meristem tissue
43. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
Chromatin
Gametogenesis
Xylem tissue
Ecotone
44. States that where random mating is occurring within a population that is in equilibrium with its environment - the gene frequencies and genotype ratios will remain constant from generation to generation. It is a mathematical formula that shows why re
Phyla
Forebrain
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Kingdom Animalia
45. Controls olfactory lobes (smell)
Forebrain
Larynx
Natality
Midbrain
46. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
R-selection
Trachea
Genetic maintenance
Balance
47. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.
The pancreas
An enzyme
Allopatric speciation
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
48. Niche
Recycled environmental factors
Cellular Respiration
Gene Migration
A species role in the food chain is part of its
49. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
The habitat of an organism includes
parasitic
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Epidermal tissue
50. The class composed of birds.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Aves
Forebrain
Meristem tissue