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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Vascular bundles
Protista
Germ layers
The pancreas
2. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Early hominids...
Niche
Chromosome
Cerebrum
3. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
The biosphere
Cellular Respiration
Cenozoic era
C ---OH
4. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
An inhibitor
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Biogeochemical cycles
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
5. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Epidermal tissue
Meristem tissue
Desert
Ecological niches open up
6. Engages in both passive and active transport.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Chromatin
Lymphocytes
Catabolism
7. Disease causing
Phosphorous gas
pathogenic
The adrenal glands
Niche
8. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Phosphorous
Restriction enzymes
Angiosperms
Gene Migration
9. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Internodal tissue
Protista
Germ layers
Vascular bundles
10. Fruits that develop from a single ripened ovary (apple - olive - acorn - cucumber).
North America
C ---OH
The hormone aldosterone
Simple fruits
11. 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.
Hydrolysis
Share electrons
Nematoda
Imprinting
12. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Biogeochemical cycles
Stem tissues
Share electrons
The Cell Theory
13. The phyla of sponges.
Porifera
Prothallus
Mesozoic era
Habituation
14. The destruction of gametes - (sex cells such as sperm and eggs).
Genetic imprinting
Biosphere
Gametocide
Gymnosperms
15. An orienting response to light.
Morula
Protista
parasitic
Phototropism
16. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
Habituation
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
About five million years ago...
Alveoli
17. Is a compound fruit that develops from many ovaries of a single flower fusing together (raspberry).
Kingdom Animalia
Aggregate fruit
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Ionic bonds involve
18. Respiratory organs within insects
Spiracles
A mutation
Mesozoic era
Genetic maintenance
19. The transfer of electrons.
Carrying capacity
Ionic bonds involve
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Cenozoic era
20. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Hypothalamus
Lysis
Color blindness
Vascular bundles
21. Provide rigidity to plant cells (and some bacteria) and are not found within animal cells.
Hemophilia
Kingdom Animalia
Germ layers
Cell walls
22. In order to become an established part of an island ecosystem there must be a populations large enough to ensure _________ - a food source - a suitable habitat - and a source of moisture.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Successful reproduction
Tundra
Ectoderm tissue
23. 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.
Protista
Pharynx
Iisotonic state
A gene is
24. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Nucleotides
Ectoderm tissue
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Stomach secretions
25. Breaking down
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Protista
Lysosomes
Catabolism
26. 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.
Population
Paleozoic era
The Cambrian Period
Genetic screening
27. When the water concentration inside and outside the cell is equal - It is said to be in an...
Gene Migration
Saprophytic
Hypothalamus
Iisotonic state
28. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Cerebrum
Biogeochemical cycles
Gene Migration
Endoderm
29. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees
Trachea
Germ layers
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
30. Are cells involved in immunity and are produced in bone marrow as stem cells.
Silicon
Altruism
Lymphocytes
Iisotonic state
31. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
Tundra
Cellular Respiration
Cellular Metabolism
Anabolism
32. Synthesis
Anabolism
Midbrain
A prosthetic group
Phloem tissue
33. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Kingdom Animalia
Mesoderm
Early hominids...
Kingdom Protista
34. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Blastula
Genetic maintenance
Very specific
35. Is a phylum that contains jellyfish - hydra - etc.
A mutation
The key limiting factor on cell size
Cnidaria
Endoderm
36. 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
Cenozoic era
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Differential reproduction
37. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Biosphere
pathogenic
Bronchi
Lactose
38. Produces the most ATP molecules - yielding 34 ATPs per glucose molecule.
The biosphere
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Gregor Medel
Carbon
39. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Carrying capacity
Filtered by the liver
Anabolsim
Carbon
40. The process of forming eggs and sperm cells in the reproductive organs.
Gametogenesis
An enzyme
Gnathostomata
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
41. Anabolism
Phosphorous gas
Genetic screening
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Cellular Respiration
42. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
T Cells
Simple fruits
Filtered by the liver
Silicon
43. What phylum are snakes in?
Tundra
Chordata
Xylem tissue
Phosphorous
44. Are the organelles where cellular respiration occurs.
Mitochondria
Vitamins
Mature sporophyte
Hydrolysis
45. In DNA Thymine pairs with...
Adenine
Bryophytes
Chlorophyll
Chromosome
46. 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.
Mesozoic era
An inhibitor
C ---OH
Isotonic Conditions
47. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
Vascular bundles
About five million years ago...
Blastula
Gnathostomata
48. Subsets below the kingdom level
Cerebellum
Non-protein
The adrenal glands
Phyla
49. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
Phyla
A catalyst
Aganatha
The primary role of DNA in the cell
50. 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.
Interphase
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Mature sporophyte
Cerebrum