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CLEP Biology
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1. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
Anabolsim
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Cnidaria
Successful reproduction
2. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
Enzymes catalyze reactions
A hydrogen bond
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
Recycled environmental factors
3. Has extreme hot or cold temperatures - with very low precipitation - sandy or rocky terrain - sparse vegetation (mainly succulents) - small animals - rodents - and reptiles.
Desert
Phototropism
Restriction enzymes
An enzyme
4. Is a compound fruit that forms from several ovaries of separate flowers that fuse together during ripening (strawberry - or pineapple).
Multiple fruit
Morula
Porifera
A sex linked recessive disease
5. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
Gymnosperms
Epidermal tissue
Simple fruits
Share electrons
6. Is the organelle where cellular reproductive processes occur.
Chromatin
Nucleotides
The nucleus
Phototropism
7. 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
Recycled environmental factors
The Hardy-Weinberg Law of Equilibrium
Gregor Medel
Nematoda
8. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Meristem tissue
Very specific
Chromatin
Ribonucleic acid
9. Are organic cofactors or coenzymes that are required by some enzymatic reactions.
Very specific
Blastula
Vitamins
Cellular Respiration
10. 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.
Cenozoic era
Aganatha
Cytosine
The Cell Theory
11. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
Hypothalamus
Parenchyma tissue
The biosphere
Will increase the reaction rate
12. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
Nematoda
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Bryophytes
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
13. The physical place where a particular organism lives. It must include all the factors that will support its life and reproduction.
Catabolism
Genetic maintenance
Habitat
Interphase
14. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with no jaws.
Germ layers
Morula
Paleozoic era
Aganatha
15. Super-class of vertebrae including organisms with jaws.
Scurvy
Phosphorous
Lactose
Gnathostomata
16. 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.
Tundra
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
The cell's 'powerhouses'
17. 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
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Midbrain
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
Ecological niches open up
18. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Savanna
Lactose
Aves
Epidermal tissue
19. Occurs when an individual learns not to respond to a particular stimulus - for instance when a stimulus is repeated many times without consequence.
T Cells
pH of Water
Habituation
Vascular bundles
20. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
A sex linked recessive disease
Hemophilia
Mesozoic era
Mesoderm
21. 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 Cell Theory
B Cells
Early hominids...
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
22. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Altruism
Nucleotides
Ectoderm
Cellular Respiration
23. 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.
Genetic maintenance
The Cambrian Period
A hydrogen bond
A mutation
24. Has extreme cold temperatures - low precipitation - modified grassland - perma-frost - a short growing season and some plants and animals.
Tundra
The nucleus
Endocytic vesicles
Color blindness
25. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Saprophytic
Vascular bundles
An enzyme
A hydrogen bond
26. Synthesis
Mitochondria
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Filtered by the liver
Anabolism
27. Transfers water and does not require sieve plates to allow nutrients through.
A prosthetic group
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
Xylem tissue
Protista
28. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Non-protein
An enzyme
An inhibitor
29. Is the waxy protective outer coating of leaves.
Filtered by the liver
Cuticle
The cuticle
parasitic
30. Engages in both passive and active transport.
The cell membrane (plasma membrane)
Saprophytic
The Cell Theory
The pituitary gland
31. 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.
Gene Migration
Filtered by the liver
Will increase the reaction rate
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
32. The phyla composed of segmented worms.
Nucleotides
Annelida
Kingdom Protista
Carrying capacity
33. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Phototropism
Porifera
Filtered by the liver
Chordata
34. Layer that will become the gut lining as well as some accessory structures.
Endoderm
The key limiting factor on cell size
Protista
Prosthetic groups
35. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Ectoderm tissue
Color blindness
Blastula
Genetic maintenance
36. Cleave strands of DNA segments at certain sites.
Simple fruits
Restriction enzymes
Hypothalamus
Genetic maintenance
37. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
Kingdom Plantae
B Cells
Chromosome
The habitat of an organism includes
38. Covers and protects the leaf.
Centrioles
Cuticle
The Cambrian Period
Habituation
39. 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
Circadian rhythms
Nucleotides
An enzyme
B Cells
40. High temperatures
Genetic imprinting
Endocytic vesicles
Genetic screening
Destroy most enzymes
41. Is a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in which the body is unable to build enough collagen (a major component of connective tissue).
Genome
Ionic bonds involve
Scurvy
Ecotone
42. Produces the most ATP molecules - yielding 34 ATPs per glucose molecule.
An enzyme
Electron Transfer System (ETS)
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Alveoli
43. There was extensive radiation of fish during the Devonian and Silurian periods within the Paleozoic Era.
Paleozoic era
Spiracles
Protista
Successful reproduction
44. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
Ectoderm
Share electrons
Cerebellum
Mitochondria
45. The phyla of round worms.
Nematoda
A mutation
pathogenic
Natality
46. Are more closely related to Homo Sapiens than to other apes - but Homo Sapiens did not evolve from chimpanzees.
T Cells
Chimpanzees
A mutation
Multiple fruit
47. Most fossils of Hominids are from continents other than...
North America
Chlorophyll
The products of the Krebs cycle
Lysis
48. 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.
Meristem tissue
Ectoderm
Phosphorous gas
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
49. Controls sensory and motor responses - and controls memory - speech - and intelligence factors.
A lysosome
Cerebrum
The nucleus
Protista
50. Absorb a photon of light and is found in the grana of the chloroplast.
Chlorophyll has the ability to
Color blindness
Allopatric speciation
As energy is transferred through trophic levels