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CLEP Biology
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1. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Endoderm
Mesozoic era
Cnidaria
Lysosomes
2. The pituitary gland.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Genome
A lysosome
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
3. Contain one celled eukaryotes such as algae and protozoa.
Ectoderm
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Isotonic Conditions
Kingdom Protista
4. The pharynx is between the nasal passage and the trachea. Air passes into the body via the nasal passage - then passes through the pharynx and on to the trachea.
Pharynx
Stomach secretions
The Cell Theory
The cuticle
5. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Non-protein
Lymphocytes
Desert
Ectoderm tissue
6. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Ribonucleic acid
Porifera
The community
7. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Phloem tissue
Balance
Gnathostomata
Kingdom Protista
8. 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.
About five million years ago...
Carbon
Anabolsim
Successful reproduction
9. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Catabolism
Anabolsim
Scurvy
An enzyme
10. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
Endocytic vesicles
Silicon
Alveoli
Protista
11. What phylum are snakes in?
Adenine
Hydrolysis
Internodal tissue
Chordata
12. 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.
R-selection
pathogenic
Biogeochemical cycles
Mature sporophyte
13. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Endoderm
R-selection
Epidermal tissue
Isotonic Conditions
14. It secretes saliva which enters the digestive tract and aids the digestive process.
Silicon
Bronchi
The cuticle
The salivary gland
15. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
The Cambrian Period
The nucleus
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Lysosomes
16. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Xylem tissue
Catabolism
Lactose
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
17. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Kingdom Animalia
Bronchi
Genome
Anabolsim
18. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
The adrenal glands
Cnidaria
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
The Nitrogen cycle
19. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
pH of Water
Cenozoic era
Meristem tissue
Annelida
20. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
Cellular Metabolism
A sex linked recessive disease
Cerebellum
Endocytic vesicles
21. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Color blindness
Habitat
Genome
Prosthetic groups
22. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Pi
A lysosome
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Ecotone
23. Respiratory organs within insects
Chromatin
Stomach secretions
Spiracles
Early hominids...
24. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Pi
Vascular bundles make up the
Scurvy
Alveoli
25. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Prothallus
About five million years ago...
Genetic screening
Multiple fruit
26. Protein synthesis
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Aves
Protista
Angiosperms
27. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
C ---OH
Xylem tissue
Aganatha
Allopatric speciation
28. 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
Chlorophyll has the ability to
A gene is
Catabolism
The pituitary gland
29. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
A hydrogen bond
parasitic
Plasmodesmata
The pituitary gland
30. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
The Cell Theory
Habituation
Altruism
Filtered by the liver
31. 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.
Trachea
Vitamin C
Cytosine
Catabolism
32. Controls balance and muscle coordination
The community
Cerebellum
Aggregate fruit
Population
33. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
Catabolism
Ectoderm
B Cells
Genetic screening
34. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Savanna
Protista
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Pharynx
35. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Endoderm
North America
Cenozoic era
Vascular bundles
36. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Mature sporophyte
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Imprinting
37. 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.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
A gene is
Endoderm
Cerebrum
38. Controls hunger and thirst
A sex linked recessive disease
Hypothalamus
Ectoderm
The cuticle
39. 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.
Ectoderm tissue
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Nematoda
40. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
Niche
Prosthetic groups
Paleozoic era
The nucleus
41. Transparency - polarity - high specific heat - and density (lower density when solid than when liquid.).
Blastula
Vitamin C
Silicon
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
42. The cells of a developing embryo (at the gastrula stage) differentiate into layers - that will later develop into different tissues and organs - including the mesoderm - ectoderm - and endoderm.
Stem tissues
Share electrons
Lymphocytes
Germ layers
43. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Chromosome
Population
Hypothalamus
DNA replication
44. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Vitamins
Catabolism
Paleozoic era
45. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Iisotonic state
Cellular Respiration
Did not evolve together
Midbrain
46. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...
Did not evolve together
Common elements found in proteins
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
T Cells
47. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Cerebrum
Pi
Natality
Plasmodesmata
48. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Hydrolysis
Meristem tissue
Biogeochemical cycles
Niche
49. Most fossils of Hominids are from continents other than...
Arthropoda
North America
Endoderm
pathogenic
50. Sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting
Very specific
Germ layers
Anabolism
Hemophilia