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CLEP Biology
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1. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Paleozoic era
Will increase the reaction rate
Cerebellum
Chimpanzees
2. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
The Cambrian Period
Color blindness
Kingdom Animalia
Multiple fruit
3. 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
pH of Water
Savanna
Did not evolve together
4. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
An enzyme
The pituitary gland
Phototropism
5. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
Cerebrum
Phloem tissue
Destroy most enzymes
Population
6. Between the endoderm and ectoderm - layer that will eventually form the muscles - and organs of the skeletal - circulatory - respiratory - reproductive - and excretory systems.
Mesoderm
Adenine
A sex linked recessive disease
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
7. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
Biosphere
Gymnosperms
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Genetic imprinting
8. An enzyme is unaffected by the reactions it catalyzes
So it can be used over and over again.
Natality
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Phyla
9. 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.
R-selection
The Cell Theory
Gametogenesis
C ---OH
10. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Catabolism
Did not evolve together
Pharynx
Kingdom Animalia
11. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
Savanna
Germ layers
T Cells
Cellular Respiration
12. The preservation of the integrity of genetic information from one generation to another.
DNA replication
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Niche
Genetic maintenance
13. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Annelida
Iisotonic state
An enzyme
Internodal tissue
14. 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.
Germ layers
Early hominids...
Enzymes catalyze reactions
The primary role of DNA in the cell
15. The effect of a substrate concentration on the initial reaction rate in the presence of a limited amount of enzyme: _________________ as the concentration of substrate is increased until all the enzymes are used - then the reaction rate will level of
Will increase the reaction rate
Allopatric speciation
Trachea
The Cell Theory
16. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
DNA replication
Restriction enzymes
Will increase the reaction rate
Desert
17. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Habituation
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Chimpanzees
Kingdom Plantae
18. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
Circadian rhythms
Enzymes catalyze reactions
A lysosome
Meristem tissue
19. Assumes that there are periods of stability during which little evolutionary change occurs - and that speciation can occur rapidly over a very short period of time.
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Cellular Metabolism
The Cambrian Period
20. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.
Angiosperms
Paleozoic era
Nucleotides
Ectoderm
21. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
Aves
Cerebrum
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
A catalyst
22. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
The adrenal glands
Protista
The nucleus
Iisotonic state
23. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
Recycled environmental factors
The habitat of an organism includes
Aganatha
Angiosperms
24. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
Forebrain
The cuticle
Genetic imprinting
Vascular bundles
25. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Ectoderm
Genetic imprinting
Meristem tissue
Savanna
26. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
parasitic
Kingdom Protista
Ecotone
Phosphorous
27. Proposes that those individuals within a population that are most adapted to the environment are also the most likely individuals to produce viable offspring.
Differential reproduction
DNA replication
Germ layers
So it can be used over and over again.
28. Covalent bonds
Ecotone
The products of the Krebs cycle
Share electrons
Pi
29. Is a phylum that contains jellyfish - hydra - etc.
Altruism
Multiple fruit
Cnidaria
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
30. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
A sex linked recessive disease
Genetic imprinting
Phototropism
Stem tissues
31. A cell will only remain stable if the surface area of the plasma membrane maintains a __________ with the volume of the cytoplasm.
Balance
The key limiting factor on cell size
Phosphorous gas
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
32. 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
Ecotone
Phosphorous
A mutation
Pi
33. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
Pi
The community
B Cells
Larynx
34. An opportunistic life strategy strategy. Lichens invading a bare rock area after a volcanic eruption is an example.
The pituitary gland
R-selection
Porifera
Genetic screening
35. 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.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Mesoderm
Early hominids...
Kingdom Fungi
36. When stems bend toward the light it is due to _____________ the hormone auxin - in response to light - migrates from the light to the dark side of the shoot tip. The cells on the dark side now contain more auxin - which causes the cells on that side
T Cells
Phototropism
Hemophilia
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
37. Is an ion that binds to an enzyme making it more able to catalyze a reaction.
A prosthetic group
A catalyst
Gametogenesis
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
38. Controls olfactory lobes (smell)
Forebrain
Aves
A hydrogen bond
Cenozoic era
39. Covers and protects the leaf.
Ectoderm tissue
Arthropoda
Forebrain
Cuticle
40. The phyla of round worms.
Trachea
Savanna
Nematoda
Did not evolve together
41. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Cenozoic era
A hydrogen bond
Cytosine
Hemophilia
42. Must be present for photosynthesis to occur - it is not used up in the process.
Anabolism
North America
Chlorophyll
Cnidaria
43. Are the monomers that form nucleic acids - containing a sugar - phosphate group - and a nitrogenous base.
Nucleotides
Habitat
The pituitary gland
Bryophytes
44. The transfer of electrons.
Cellular Respiration
Lymphocytes
Ionic bonds involve
Interphase
45. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...
Share electrons
Prosthetic groups
Natality
Did not evolve together
46. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
Altruism
Desert
Kingdom Animalia
A sex linked recessive disease
47. 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.
A gene is
Lysis
Gnathostomata
Kingdom Protista
48. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
Alveoli
Carrying capacity
Hydrolysis
Kingdom Fungi
49. Has extreme hot or cold temperatures - with very low precipitation - sandy or rocky terrain - sparse vegetation (mainly succulents) - small animals - rodents - and reptiles.
So it can be used over and over again.
Desert
Aves
The pituitary gland
50. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Catabolism
Vascular bundles
The cuticle
Chromosome