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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of forming eggs and sperm cells in the reproductive organs.
Gametogenesis
Phototropism
Did not evolve together
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
2. Subsets below the kingdom level
Niche
Lymphocytes
Carbon
Phyla
3. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Porifera
A species role in the food chain is part of its
Lysosomes
Chlorophyll has the ability to
4. Contain organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates.
Hydrolysis
Kingdom Animalia
Anabolism
Catabolism
5. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
Population
Allopatric speciation
Savanna
Common elements found in proteins
6. 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
Cerebrum
The biosphere
Circadian rhythms
Phosphorous gas
7. Is a coenzyme required in the synthesis of collagen.
The habitat of an organism includes
Iisotonic state
The Cambrian Period
Vitamin C
8. Ended with the extinction of the dinosaurs.
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Spiracles
Desert
Mesozoic era
9. Stood upright before there was an increase in brain size.
Cenozoic era
Restriction enzymes
Early hominids...
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
10. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
A catalyst
Vascular bundles
Plasmodesmata
Scurvy
11. Must be present for photosynthesis to occur - it is not used up in the process.
Habituation
Chlorophyll
Carbon
Endoderm
12. In both living and non-living environments.
Scurvy
Ectoderm
Phototropism
Enzymes catalyze reactions
13. Channels is cell membranes that carry water between cells.
Mitochondria
Plasmodesmata
Vascular bundles make up the
pathogenic
14. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
Bryophytes
The biosphere
The cell's 'powerhouses'
C ---OH
15. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
Balance
A catalyst
Lysis
B Cells
16. The phyla of round worms.
Nematoda
A hydrogen bond
A mutation
Chordata
17. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
Destroy most enzymes
Cerebrum
The key limiting factor on cell size
Chlorophyll has the ability to
18. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
B Cells
Recycled environmental factors
pH of Water
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
19. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
Adenine
Larynx
A mutation
Ecological niches open up
20. Is very rare and is not absorbed by plant leaves. Phosphorous is nearly always found in solid form.
The habitat of an organism includes
Phosphorous gas
Mesoderm
Phototropism
21. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
The Cambrian Period
T Cells
parasitic
Chromatin
22. Inorganic phosphate
About five million years ago...
Mesoderm
Pi
Simple fruits
23. Controls hunger and thirst
Porifera
The Cambrian Period
Filtered by the liver
Hypothalamus
24. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
Color blindness
Simple fruits
Gregor Medel
Savanna
25. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
pH of Water
A lysosome
An inhibitor
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
26. Contains organisms that are multicellular eukaryotes including molds and mushrooms.
Kingdom Fungi
Plasmodesmata
Habitat
Chromosome
27. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
Endoderm
Cellular Respiration
Annelida
Share electrons
28. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
The nucleus
Ectoderm
Chlorophyll
The cuticle
29. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Anabolsim
An inhibitor
Anabolism
Stem tissues
30. Controls balance and muscle coordination
Cerebellum
Forebrain
Lactose
Ionic bonds involve
31. Covers and protects the leaf.
A lysosome
Cuticle
An inhibitor
Alveoli
32. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
The habitat of an organism includes
The hormone aldosterone
Restriction enzymes
33. 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.
Interphase
Imprinting
Biogeochemical cycles
Will increase the reaction rate
34. Are cells involved in immunity and are produced in bone marrow as stem cells.
Adenine
Porifera
Lymphocytes
Altruism
35. All store energy within their chemical bonds.
Interphase
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Pharynx
Adenine
36. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
The products of the Krebs cycle
Ionic bonds involve
Internodal tissue
Ectoderm tissue
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.
Xylem tissue
Alveoli
Biogeochemical cycles
Population
38. Is the outermost layer of cells of the stem.
Epidermal tissue
Germ layers
C ---OH
The pancreas
39. The transfer of electrons.
DNA replication
Genetic screening
Internodal tissue
Ionic bonds involve
40. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
The adrenal glands
Gnathostomata
Vascular bundles make up the
Cenozoic era
41. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Lysis
Bryophytes
Chlorophyll has the ability to
42. 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
Non-protein
Centrioles
Tundra
43. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
The cuticle
Prothallus
Chimpanzees
Multiple fruit
44. Plants and animals obtain usable nitrogen
Midbrain
Phototropism
Natality
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
45. 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
Kingdom Fungi
Gametogenesis
The Nitrogen cycle
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
46. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
A lysosome
Cnidaria
Desert
Internodal tissue
47. Sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome defined by the absence of one or more proteins required for blood clotting
pathogenic
The Cambrian Period
Hemophilia
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
48. 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
Imprinting
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Kingdom Plantae
The primary role of DNA in the cell
49. Is a special protein that acts as a catalyst for organic reactions.
An enzyme
Morula
T Cells
Aggregate fruit
50. Is when expression of genetic traits is determined by weather the trait is inherited from the mother or the father.
Lactose
Vitamins
Genetic imprinting
Spiracles