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CLEP Biology
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1. Contains multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms including gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Trachea
Habituation
Kingdom Plantae
Meristem tissue
2. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Iisotonic state
C ---OH
Genetic maintenance
3. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Color blindness
Mesoderm
North America
pH of Water
4. Engages in both passive and active transport.
Restriction enzymes
Annelida
Hydrolysis
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
5. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Habitat
Silicon
Biogeochemical cycles
Precambrian period
6. The process of forming eggs and sperm cells in the reproductive organs.
C ---OH
Simple fruits
Chordata
Gametogenesis
7. Some patrol the blood for antigens - but are also equipped to destroy antigens. They may regulate immune responses as well.
T Cells
Cellular Metabolism
Vitamins
Genetic maintenance
8. Secretes insulin to lower blood sugar and maintain equilibrium. A person eats three candy bars. Within minutes this endocrine gland affects blood-glucose homeostasis.
Internodal tissue
Xylem tissue
Meristem tissue
The pancreas
9. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Xylem tissue
Silicon
Habitat
Multiple fruit
10. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Meristem tissue
Ribonucleic acid
Protista
Ectoderm
11. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
Niche
Chordata
Ectoderm tissue
Angiosperms
12. Must be present for photosynthesis to occur - it is not used up in the process.
Cerebellum
Genetic imprinting
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
Chlorophyll
13. 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
An enzyme
Angiosperms
Phototropism
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
14. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
A sex linked recessive disease
The Cambrian Period
Habituation
Kingdom Plantae
15. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Spiracles
Internodal tissue
A mutation
Plasmodesmata
16. When the water concentration inside and outside the cell is equal - It is said to be in an...
Iisotonic state
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Gene Migration
Gymnosperms
17. Studied the relationships between traits expressed in parents and offspring and the genes that caused the traits to be expressed.
Ecotone
Internodal tissue
Gregor Medel
B Cells
18. 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.
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
Simple fruits
Hypothalamus
Pharynx
19. Bacteria break ammonia into nitrites - then into nitrates that are usable by plants; volcanic activity produces ammonia and nitrates that enter the soil and can be absorbed by plants; lightning reacts with atmospheric nitrogen to form nitrates that a
Non-protein
The Nitrogen cycle
Cellular Metabolism
Plasmodesmata
20. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Vascular bundles make up the
Saprophytic
Isotonic Conditions
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
21. 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.
Imprinting
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Vitamins
Tundra
22. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Genome
Gametocide
Destroy most enzymes
Ectoderm tissue
23. Are cells involved in immunity and are produced in bone marrow as stem cells.
The adrenal glands
Carrying capacity
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Lymphocytes
24. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
The adrenal glands
Chromosome
Gymnosperms
Gnathostomata
25. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Lactose
Catabolism
The cell membrane
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
26. Biotic (living) factors such as population and food source - and abiotic (non-living) factors such as weather - temperature - soil features - sunlight).
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Lymphocytes
The habitat of an organism includes
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
27. The class composed of birds.
Pharynx
Mature sporophyte
The hormone aldosterone
Aves
28. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
The biosphere
The cell membrane
Chordata
Successful reproduction
29. 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.
The Cambrian Period
Carbon
Germ layers
Cell walls
30. 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.
Lysosomes
Cellular Metabolism
A prosthetic group
Color blindness
31. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Ectoderm
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Catabolism
Isotonic Conditions
32. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
The cuticle
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
A prosthetic group
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
33. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Annelida
An enzyme
Vascular bundles make up the
Stem tissues
34. It secretes saliva which enters the digestive tract and aids the digestive process.
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
A species role in the food chain is part of its
The salivary gland
Very specific
35. Attaches to an enzyme and blocks the enzyme reaction rather than enhancing it - like a prosthetic group would.
Morula
Bryophytes
Genome
An inhibitor
36. 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 adrenal glands
The Cell Theory
Trachea
Lymphocytes
37. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Anabolsim
Genetic imprinting
Carrying capacity
A lysosome
38. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
Cnidaria
Chromatin
Will increase the reaction rate
Internodal tissue
39. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Protista
Biogeochemical cycles
Interphase
Chordata
40. Covalent bonds
Share electrons
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Ecotone
Larynx
41. What phylum are snakes in?
Chordata
Lysosomes
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
Midbrain
42. Controls hunger and thirst
Chimpanzees
Xylem tissue
Hypothalamus
About five million years ago...
43. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
Natality
Carrying capacity
Free ribosomes
The adrenal glands
44. In both living and non-living environments.
Anabolism
The nucleus
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Vitamin C
45. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
Xylem tissue
Allopatric speciation
The key limiting factor on cell size
Lactose
46. Provide rigidity to plant cells (and some bacteria) and are not found within animal cells.
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Plasmodesmata
Cell walls
Ectoderm
47. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
pH of Water
Ectoderm tissue
Lysis
Phloem tissue
48. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Meristem tissue
Aves
Epidermal tissue
Genetic imprinting
49. Breaking down
Stomach secretions
Chlorophyll has the ability to
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Catabolism
50. 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
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Mesoderm
Phototropism
Destroy most enzymes