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CLEP Biology
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1. Anabolism
Blastula
Gametocide
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
2. High temperatures
Gregor Medel
The Cell Theory
Stomach secretions
Destroy most enzymes
3. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
B Cells
The nucleus
Cuticle
Morula
4. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Genome
Aganatha
Prosthetic groups
5. The phyla of round worms.
Cellular Metabolism
Nematoda
A prosthetic group
Population
6. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Endoderm
Common elements found in proteins
The Cambrian Period
The nucleus
7. Niche
The cuticle
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Gametocide
Ecological niches open up
8. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Cerebellum
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Altruism
Ecotone
9. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Prothallus
Stem tissues
Kingdom Fungi
Phototropism
10. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Saprophytic
Spiracles
The cuticle
Altruism
11. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
The habitat of an organism includes
About five million years ago...
Aggregate fruit
Desert
12. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
pH of Water
The Cell Theory
The hormone aldosterone
Color blindness
13. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Annelida
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Epidermal tissue
14. Covalent bonds
Will increase the reaction rate
Share electrons
The community
A species role in the food chain is part of its
15. The phylum of insects (bees).
The habitat of an organism includes
Mitochondria
Arthropoda
The pancreas
16. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Kingdom Fungi
Balance
Blastula
Anabolsim
17. 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
Germ layers
Tundra
Destroy most enzymes
18. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
Blastula
Savanna
Endocytic vesicles
Lymphocytes
19. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Non-protein
Vascular bundles make up the
Nematoda
Forebrain
20. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
A hydrogen bond
The habitat of an organism includes
The hormone aldosterone
Cell walls
21. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Phototropism
Habitat
Isotonic Conditions
Anabolsim
22. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
Larynx
Genetic imprinting
Differential reproduction
parasitic
23. In both living and non-living environments.
Aggregate fruit
Carbon
Enzymes catalyze reactions
About five million years ago...
24. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Common elements found in proteins
Kingdom Animalia
Biosphere
Cerebrum
25. Synthesis
Gametocide
Stomach secretions
Anabolism
Cell walls
26. 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.
Population
Savanna
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
A gene is
27. Becomes available for erosion as undersea sedimentary rocks are up-thrust by volcanic activity - erosion releases it from rocks into streams where it combines with oxygen to form phosphates in lakes that are then absorbed by plants - it is recycled t
Interphase
Phosphorous
Plasmodesmata
Morula
28. 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.
Balance
Scurvy
Isotonic Conditions
Spiracles
29. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
C ---OH
Habitat
pathogenic
The Cambrian Period
30. The size of a cell is limited by the ratio of its surface area to volume.
The key limiting factor on cell size
Niche
Phototropism
C ---OH
31. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Epidermal tissue
Hydrolysis
Scurvy
Vitamin C
32. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Iisotonic state
Catabolism
Phyla
Protista
33. 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.
Plasmodesmata
Biogeochemical cycles
An enzyme
Phosphorous
34. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Vitamin C
Ecological niches open up
Ecotone
Population
35. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
Ecotone
A lysosome
Desert
About five million years ago...
36. Breaking down
parasitic
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
The pancreas
Catabolism
37. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
Plasmodesmata
Silicon
Ectoderm
Phyla
38. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
A catalyst
The Cambrian Period
Destroy most enzymes
Tundra
39. 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.
Paleozoic era
Cytosine
Altruism
Prosthetic groups
40. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Multiple fruit
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Cerebellum
41. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Chromosome
Mesozoic era
Filtered by the liver
Carbon
42. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Cenozoic era
A catalyst
Cuticle
43. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees
Lactose
The Nitrogen cycle
Ectoderm tissue
44. The pituitary gland.
A sex linked recessive disease
Anabolism
Very specific
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
45. Are cells involved in immunity and are produced in bone marrow as stem cells.
Destroy most enzymes
Hemophilia
Biogeochemical cycles
Lymphocytes
46. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
Circadian rhythms
Protista
Chimpanzees
Differential reproduction
47. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
Bronchi
Genetic maintenance
Xylem tissue
Desert
48. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
The nucleus
Annelida
Cellular Respiration
The Cambrian Period
49. 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.
Centrioles
The pituitary gland
The biosphere
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
50. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
DNA replication
Genetic imprinting
Pharynx
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
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