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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Nucleotides
Larynx
2. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The cuticle
The biosphere
Mesozoic era
Larynx
3. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Mature sporophyte
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Precambrian period
Protista
4. 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.
The community
Successful reproduction
Chromatin
Imprinting
5. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
Endoderm
Chromatin
Cnidaria
Non-protein
6. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Silicon
Internodal tissue
Kingdom Plantae
7. Provide rigidity to plant cells (and some bacteria) and are not found within animal cells.
Kingdom Animalia
Non-protein
Catabolism
Cell walls
8. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
Kingdom Animalia
Common elements found in proteins
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Xylem tissue
9. Covers and protects the leaf.
Multiple fruit
Habitat
Larynx
Cuticle
10. 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.
A hydrogen bond
Interphase
Lysosomes
The community
11. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
Gnathostomata
The hormone aldosterone
Very specific
Parenchyma tissue
12. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
pathogenic
Lactose
The habitat of an organism includes
Isotonic Conditions
13. 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.
Gymnosperms
A gene is
Cenozoic era
DNA replication
14. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
B Cells
Silicon
Aganatha
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
15. Controls hunger and thirst
Hypothalamus
The adrenal glands
R-selection
Mesozoic era
16. 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
Phosphorous
Kingdom Fungi
Trachea
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
17. 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.
A mutation
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Circadian rhythms
Pharynx
18. The class composed of birds.
Aves
Bronchi
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Forebrain
19. 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.
Morula
Centrioles
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
20. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Tundra
North America
Blastula
pH of Water
21. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Habitat
Habituation
Catabolism
Arthropoda
22. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
Phosphorous
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Spiracles
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
23. Can be accounted for by the theory of punctuated equilibrium. The fossil record shows periods of stability with regard to appearance and disappearance of species as well as periods of sudden change.
Catabolism
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Endoderm
B Cells
24. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Anabolsim
Spiracles
Angiosperms
Cytosine
25. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Bryophytes
An enzyme
Hemophilia
Gymnosperms
26. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Population
Chromosome
pathogenic
27. Is comprised of all the organisms that interact within a given ecosystem whether or not it is at carrying capacity.
R-selection
Cytosine
Share electrons
The community
28. 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.
Aggregate fruit
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Biogeochemical cycles
Nucleotides
29. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Cytosine
A lysosome
Carbon
Midbrain
30. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
Forebrain
Aves
Bronchi
A mutation
31. Protein synthesis
Catabolism
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Multiple fruit
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
32. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Gnathostomata
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
The Cambrian Period
Gametogenesis
33. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Xylem tissue
Natality
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Ectoderm
34. Disease causing
Recycled environmental factors
Cuticle
The hormone aldosterone
pathogenic
35. A type of innate behavior (instinct.) The FAP is a preprogrammed response to a particular stimulus (known as a releaser stimulus). FAP's include courtship behaviors and feeding of young. These are not learned behaviors - they are automatically perfor
B Cells
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
The community
Desert
36. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Angiosperms
The pancreas
Did not evolve together
Porifera
37. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
The community
Color blindness
The salivary gland
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
38. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
Annelida
The hormone aldosterone
Lysis
Biosphere
39. 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.
Cuticle
parasitic
The cell membrane
Prothallus
40. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Ecotone
A prosthetic group
Stem tissues
41. Is a phylum that contains jellyfish - hydra - etc.
Kingdom Plantae
The pancreas
Forebrain
Cnidaria
42. Subsets below the kingdom level
Cnidaria
Prosthetic groups
Phyla
Ecotone
43. The phylum of insects (bees).
Color blindness
Isotonic Conditions
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Arthropoda
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
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Plasmodesmata
Kingdom Fungi
Chlorophyll
45. Are the monomers that form nucleic acids - containing a sugar - phosphate group - and a nitrogenous base.
Ecotone
Forebrain
Gene Migration
Nucleotides
46. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
Alveoli
The nucleus
Pharynx
Cellular Metabolism
47. Developed by the German scientists Schleiden and Schwann - States that all living things are made of cells - cells are the basic units of life - all cells come from pre-existing cells.
Catabolism
Ectoderm
The Cell Theory
Iisotonic state
48. The trachea includes the windpipe or larynx in its upper portion - and the glottis - an opening that allows the gases to pass into the two branches known as the bronchi.
The products of the Krebs cycle
Trachea
Imprinting
Share electrons
49. A reaction that adds water to another compound. (2 hydrogens - 1 oxygen).
Hydrolysis
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Spiracles
A lysosome
50. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
Anabolsim
The biosphere
Epidermal tissue
DNA replication