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CLEP Biology
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1. Is found on the stem between nodes.
Internodal tissue
Habitat
Lactose
Gametogenesis
2. 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.
Epidermal tissue
T Cells
Midbrain
Lysosomes
3. Subsets below the kingdom level
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Isotonic Conditions
Lactose
Phyla
4. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
Chimpanzees
The primary role of DNA in the cell
Vitamin C
Larynx
5. Internally generated patterns of body functions - including hormonal signals - sleep - blood pressure - and temperature regulation - which have approximately a 24-hour cycle and occur even in the absence of normal cues about whether it is day or nigh
Mesozoic era
Cenozoic era
Circadian rhythms
Stem tissues
6. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
Cerebellum
Cytosine
A gene is
Xylem tissue
7. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Angiosperms
Genetic screening
Pharynx
Ectoderm
8. Contains the chromosomes and is the site of reproduction through mitosis and meiosis.
B Cells
The adrenal glands
The nucleus
C ---OH
9. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.
Paleozoic era
Cytosine
Imprinting
Stomach secretions
10. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Protista
Chromosome
Desert
Habitat
11. 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.
Isotonic Conditions
Phloem tissue
Catabolism
Vascular bundles make up the
12. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
The nucleus
Share electrons
Nucleotides
Enzymes catalyze reactions
13. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
B Cells
Alveoli
Carbon
Recycled environmental factors
14. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
Ectoderm
The biosphere
Genetic screening
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
15. 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
The cuticle
A species role in the food chain is part of its
The pituitary gland
16. Is more like branching out of a tree with dead ends and new branches appearing simultaneously than like steps on a ladder.
Aves
Spiracles
Endocytic vesicles
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
17. 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.
Phototropism
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Vitamins
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
18. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
The Cell Theory
Biosphere
The hormone aldosterone
Protista
19. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
Vascular bundles make up the
Ecotone
Multiple fruit
An enzyme
20. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil
The salivary gland
Gene Migration
Saprophytic
Prothallus
21. The total amount of genetic information available for a given species.
Genome
Lysosomes
Prothallus
Anabolism
22. Are surrounded by capillaries that allow for carbon dioxide to diffuse into the lungs and oxygen to diffuse out.
Parenchyma tissue
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Annelida
Alveoli
23. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
Savanna
A mutation
Ecotone
The cuticle
24. Are formed when the plasma membrane of a cell encloses a molecule outside the membrane - then releases a membrane bound sack containing the desired molecule into the cytoplasm. This process allows the cell to absorb molecules that are larger in size
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Endocytic vesicles
pathogenic
Vascular bundles make up the
25. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
A hydrogen bond
Epidermal tissue
Vascular bundles make up the
The Cell Theory
26. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
Vascular bundles
Genetic screening
Population
Tundra
27. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
Blastula
Cellular Metabolism
Mesoderm
Gregor Medel
28. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Carrying capacity
Free ribosomes
Common elements found in proteins
Silicon
29. Allows for the genetic code to be preserved in future generations of cells.
Circadian rhythms
DNA replication
Midbrain
Biogeochemical cycles
30. Disease causing
Carbon
Cerebrum
pathogenic
Isotonic Conditions
31. Controls hunger and thirst
Hypothalamus
Natality
Stem tissues
Centrioles
32. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
Altruism
Cytosine
Ectoderm
Color blindness
33. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Endoderm
Did not evolve together
Restriction enzymes
Scurvy
34. 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.
Cellular Respiration
pathogenic
Carbon
Prosthetic groups
35. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Protista
Saprophytic
Parenchyma tissue
Color blindness
36. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Stem tissues
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Adenine
37. 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.
C ---OH
Isotonic Conditions
Habituation
Biogeochemical cycles
38. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
A sex linked recessive disease
Annelida
Savanna
Restriction enzymes
39. The lineage that led to the modern Homo Sapiens diverged from the lineage that led to the modern chimpanzee.
Cellular Metabolism
Gnathostomata
About five million years ago...
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
40. Decomposition of living matter for consumption.
Gametogenesis
Cuticle
parasitic
Lysis
41. Between the endoderm and ectoderm - layer that will eventually form the muscles - and organs of the skeletal - circulatory - respiratory - reproductive - and excretory systems.
Mesoderm
Prothallus
Phosphorous gas
parasitic
42. The most recent and present era. It includes the radiation of flowering plants - the angiosperms.
Meristem tissue
Genetic imprinting
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Cenozoic era
43. Occurs when an individual from an adjacent population of the same species immigrates and breeds with a member of a previously locally isolated group - resulting in a change in the gene pool.
Common elements found in proteins
Gene Migration
Silicon
Phosphorous gas
44. Are the organelles where cellular respiration occurs.
Mitochondria
Mesozoic era
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Precambrian period
45. Is a kingdom that includes algae and protozoa.
Kingdom Animalia
Porifera
Protista
Cell walls
46. Fossilized burrows from multicellular organisms begin to appear in the geological record approximately 700 million years ago during the Precambrian period. These multicellular animals had only soft parts and could not be fossilized.
About five million years ago...
Genetic maintenance
Ecological niches open up
Precambrian period
47. The large brain and upright posture of Homo Sapiens...
Phloem tissue
The cuticle
Did not evolve together
Genome
48. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
Kingdom Protista
Blastula
A catalyst
Cerebrum
49. The solid mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
Morula
Epidermal tissue
Saprophytic
Genetic imprinting
50. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
Isotonic Conditions
A hydrogen bond
Prothallus
Chimpanzees