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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
A hydrogen bond
Vitamin C
Pharynx
Parenchyma tissue
2. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
Prosthetic groups
About five million years ago...
A gene is
Genetic imprinting
3. Has loosely packed cells that allow for gas and moisture exchange.
Parenchyma tissue
Gymnosperms
Carbon
Alveoli
4. The sharp boundary of an ecosystem.
Mitochondria
Ribonucleic acid
Lactose
Ecotone
5. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Aves
Saprophytic
The primary role of DNA in the cell
The pancreas
6. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Bronchi
Interphase
Arthropoda
7. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
The adrenal glands
Early hominids...
Stem tissues
Chlorophyll has the ability to
8. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Kingdom Animalia
A sex linked recessive disease
Plasmodesmata
Midbrain
9. Attaches to an enzyme and blocks the enzyme reaction rather than enhancing it - like a prosthetic group would.
Interphase
Simple fruits
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
An inhibitor
10. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
The nucleus
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
An enzyme
Pi
11. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Genetic screening
Ectoderm tissue
Did not evolve together
Cerebellum
12. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Pharynx
Porifera
13. 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.
Catabolism
Early hominids...
The pituitary gland
Prosthetic groups
14. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
Habituation
Color blindness
Epidermal tissue
Differential reproduction
15. Inorganic phosphate
Pi
Carbon
Hemophilia
Vascular bundles make up the
16. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Balance
The adrenal glands
An enzyme
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
17. Is comprised of all the organisms that interact within a given ecosystem whether or not it is at carrying capacity.
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
The community
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
18. Is made of stacked cells connected by sieve plates that allow nutrients to pass from cell to cell. They transport food made in the leaves (by photosynthesis) to the rest of the plant).
T Cells
Ectoderm
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Phloem tissue
19. The phyla of round worms.
Anabolsim
Scurvy
Nematoda
Genetic maintenance
20. Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - and Nitrogen
Color blindness
A prosthetic group
Non-protein
Common elements found in proteins
21. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Early hominids...
Protista
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
About five million years ago...
22. The process of forming eggs and sperm cells in the reproductive organs.
Epidermal tissue
Gametogenesis
Genetic screening
Porifera
23. The phyla of sponges.
Porifera
Lysosomes
The Cell Theory
Mesozoic era
24. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
Phototropism
The nucleus
Bronchi
North America
25. High temperatures
Cellular Respiration
Destroy most enzymes
Biosphere
Niche
26. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Common elements found in proteins
Bryophytes
Habitat
The habitat of an organism includes
27. In both living and non-living environments.
Population
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Germ layers
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
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.
Circadian rhythms
A hydrogen bond
Isotonic Conditions
Natality
29. Develops from the morula as a thin layer of cells surrounding an internal cavity.
Blastula
Color blindness
T Cells
A prosthetic group
30. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
Restriction enzymes
Chlorophyll
Cerebellum
Filtered by the liver
31. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
Habituation
Genome
Pharynx
Color blindness
32. Disease causing
Successful reproduction
pathogenic
Endoderm
Scurvy
33. 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.
R-selection
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
A prosthetic group
Interphase
34. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Color blindness
Common elements found in proteins
Scurvy
Stomach secretions
35. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
About five million years ago...
Color blindness
36. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Kingdom Plantae
The Cell Theory
Cellular Respiration
Trachea
37. An opportunistic life strategy strategy. Lichens invading a bare rock area after a volcanic eruption is an example.
Gnathostomata
DNA replication
Cytosine
R-selection
38. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
Scurvy
Imprinting
Internodal tissue
Chromatin
39. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Meristem tissue
A mutation
Prothallus
Catabolism
40. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
pH of Water
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Xylem tissue
Ribonucleic acid
41. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
C ---OH
Midbrain
pathogenic
Filtered by the liver
42. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
parasitic
Biosphere
About five million years ago...
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
43. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
Chordata
Phototropism
Carbon
C ---OH
44. Breaking down
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Catabolism
Imprinting
Phyla
45. The class composed of birds.
Aves
pathogenic
Plasmodesmata
An inhibitor
46. Niche
The nucleus
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
R-selection
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.
Ribonucleic acid
The pancreas
Cellular Metabolism
The nucleus
48. Most chemical pollutants accidentally ingested by humans are __________ - mixed with broken down pigments in the bile - then bile is secreted into the small intestine - proceeds to the large intestine - and is expelled in the feces.
Phyla
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Filtered by the liver
Genetic imprinting
49. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
Stem tissues
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
So it can be used over and over again.
Trachea
50. 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
Desert
Cytosine
Protista