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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Cellular Respiration
Mesoderm
Genetic screening
Gymnosperms
2. Is found in the root cap and is responsible for quick growth in the roots.
Meristem tissue
Anabolsim
Mesoderm
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
3. Disease causing
Altruism
Ionic bonds involve
The key limiting factor on cell size
pathogenic
4. 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
A prosthetic group
Phototropism
A catalyst
The pancreas
5. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Kingdom Animalia
Multiple fruit
Mature sporophyte
Gametogenesis
6. Most fossils of Hominids are from continents other than...
Interphase
Meristem tissue
North America
The cell's 'powerhouses'
7. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
Differential reproduction
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Population
Circadian rhythms
8. Digestive enzymes - hydrochloric acid - and gastric juices which aid in digestion. The mucous secreted by the stomach protects the stomach lining from the acids and juices.
Stomach secretions
A hydrogen bond
Gregor Medel
Tundra
9. 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.
The salivary gland
Did not evolve together
The Cambrian Period
Nematoda
10. 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.
Morula
Share electrons
Mitochondria
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
11. Has extreme hot or cold temperatures - with very low precipitation - sandy or rocky terrain - sparse vegetation (mainly succulents) - small animals - rodents - and reptiles.
Genetic imprinting
Phosphorous gas
Desert
Iisotonic state
12. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
Kingdom Plantae
The primary role of DNA in the cell
parasitic
Germ layers
13. Some enzymes contain a __________ component that is essential to their functions.
Xylem tissue
Very specific
Chromatin
Non-protein
14. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Mesoderm
Altruism
Savanna
Genetic maintenance
15. Is an accidental change of the DNA sequence of the gene that can result in creating a change of trait that is not found in the parent.
Paleozoic era
Vitamin C
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
A mutation
16. The phyla of round worms.
Nematoda
Genetic imprinting
The pituitary gland
Anabolism
17. The class composed of birds.
Aves
Precambrian period
Alveoli
Cytosine
18. 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.
Porifera
Cnidaria
Genetic imprinting
Germ layers
19. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Isotonic Conditions
Larynx
Lysis
Hydrolysis
20. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Chlorophyll
Saprophytic
Trachea
Cerebellum
21. 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.
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Phosphorous gas
Lysosomes
Hemophilia
22. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Aggregate fruit
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Protista
Saprophytic
23. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Saprophytic
Chimpanzees
Habituation
24. 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.
Prosthetic groups
Plasmodesmata
Cuticle
Cellular Metabolism
25. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Did not evolve together
Mesozoic era
Gametocide
Balance
26. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Endocytic vesicles
Mature sporophyte
Arthropoda
Vitamins
27. 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.
Silicon
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Imprinting
28. Anabolism
Meristem tissue
Very specific
An inhibitor
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
29. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.
Cuticle
Phototropism
Endoderm
The pancreas
30. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
So it can be used over and over again.
R-selection
Cenozoic era
Catabolism
31. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
So it can be used over and over again.
Meristem tissue
Larynx
32. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Gymnosperms
pathogenic
Alveoli
Natality
33. Develops from the morula as a thin layer of cells surrounding an internal cavity.
Bryophytes
Very specific
Blastula
Differential reproduction
34. Niche
A species role in the food chain is part of its
North America
The nucleus
A catalyst
35. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
Circadian rhythms
Aganatha
Kingdom Animalia
Morula
36. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
The nucleus
Bryophytes
Cerebrum
Interphase
37. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
Spiracles
Differential reproduction
Chordata
Xylem tissue
38. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
Color blindness
A catalyst
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
The habitat of an organism includes
39. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Lactose
Mesozoic era
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Tundra
40. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Genome
Ecotone
Isotonic Conditions
Kingdom Animalia
41. 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.
Lysosomes
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Centrioles
Isotonic Conditions
42. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
Non-protein
T Cells
The cuticle
Balance
43. Protein synthesis
The adrenal glands
Bronchi
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
T Cells
44. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
A catalyst
Mature sporophyte
Protista
Aganatha
45. Carbon - nitrogen - phosphorous - and water. These are all recycled through biogeochemical processes.
Endoderm
Recycled environmental factors
Phosphorous
Destroy most enzymes
46. The bronchi lead to the two lungs where they branch out in all directions into smaller tubules known as bronchioles.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Filtered by the liver
Bronchi
Tundra
47. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Filtered by the liver
Niche
Midbrain
48. 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
Larynx
Carbon
Will increase the reaction rate
Ecotone
49. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Iisotonic state
Cerebrum
Adenine
Nematoda
50. 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.
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Phloem tissue
Successful reproduction
Isotonic Conditions