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CLEP Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Subsets below the kingdom level
Simple fruits
Phyla
The Cell Theory
Ribonucleic acid
2. Covers and protects the leaf.
Chlorophyll
Biosphere
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
Cuticle
3. Layer that will become the skin - some endocrine glands - and the nervous system.
Phototropism
Chromatin
Ectoderm
Larynx
4. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
A catalyst
Gymnosperms
B Cells
Parenchyma tissue
5. Plants that produce flowers as reproductive organs. They have two divisions - monocots and dicots.
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Angiosperms
Meristem tissue
6. 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.
Plasmodesmata
Germ layers
About five million years ago...
Cell walls
7. The vocal cords are found in the larynx.
Nucleotides
Larynx
Blastula
Isotonic Conditions
8. The phyla of sponges.
Porifera
Vitamins
A gene is
The Cell Theory
9. Is disorganized - unravelled - DNA with histones attached.
Genetic imprinting
The hormone aldosterone
Chromatin
Cenozoic era
10. Transparency - polarity - high specific heat - and density (lower density when solid than when liquid.).
Chlorophyll has the ability to
The pancreas
Gregor Medel
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
11. Approximately 7 - making it neither basic (under 7) nor alkaline (over 7).
Aganatha
pH of Water
Ectoderm tissue
Habituation
12. Is a protein - which is a polymer of amino acids. They generally have the suffix -ase- like lactase.
An enzyme
Centrioles
Lysis
A species role in the food chain is part of its
13. Synthesis
Meristem tissue
Anabolism
Meristem tissue
Pi
14. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
So it can be used over and over again.
Cenozoic era
The habitat of an organism includes
Ectoderm tissue
15. Nonvascular plants such as mosses which lack tissue for conducting food or water.
Simple fruits
Bryophytes
A hydrogen bond
The nucleus
16. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
The biosphere
Cenozoic era
Meristem tissue
Germ layers
17. Disease causing
pathogenic
The key limiting factor on cell size
The salivary gland
Parenchyma tissue
18. Has an equal (50%) chance of being passed from a carrier mother to a son or a daughter.
The hormone aldosterone
Catabolism
Genetic screening
A sex linked recessive disease
19. 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.
Nucleotides
Stomach secretions
Successful reproduction
Gene Migration
20. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
A lysosome
Saprophytic
Internodal tissue
Isotonic Conditions
21. Is the number of organisms that can be supported within a particular ecosystem.
Carrying capacity
Color blindness
Cellular Respiration
Differential reproduction
22. A hydrogen bond involves the ________________ and can be easily broken.
Plasmodesmata
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Lymphocytes
A lysosome
23. Are where the sugars synthesized by photosynthesis travel through to various parts of the plant.
Anabolsim
Vascular bundles
Natality
Arthropoda
24. Anabolism
Mesozoic era
Genetic screening
Chlorophyll has the ability to
The synthesis of ATP molecules to store energy is an example of
25. Is a kind of plain characterized by a warm climate - grassland - and seasonally dry climate conditions.
Savanna
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
A prosthetic group
Annelida
26. Is a phylum that contains sponges.
Porifera
Allopatric speciation
T Cells
Carrying capacity
27. 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.
Cellulose - starch - lipid - and sugar molecules
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Arthropoda
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
28. Inorganic phosphate
Protista
Common elements found in proteins
Pi
Ionic bonds involve
29. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Xylem tissue
Lactose
T Cells
Phyla
30. 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
Kingdom Plantae
Photolysis is a reaction of photosynthesis where
Cerebellum
31. Consists of undifferentiated cells capable of quick growth and specialization. It is responsible for elongation of the stem.
Meristem tissue
The habitat of an organism includes
Very specific
Paleozoic era
32. A suffix meaning 'to break apart.' O || ||
Population
Lysis
Very specific
Vascular bundles make up the
33. The process whereby cells build molecules and store energy (in the form of covalent chemical bonds).
The habitat of an organism includes
Common elements found in proteins
Anabolsim
Lymphocytes
34. 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.
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Habituation
Pharynx
Nucleotides
35. 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).
Scurvy
Savanna
DNA replication
Cerebrum
36. Veins in the leaf and are also distributed throughout the stem
Nucleotides
Centrioles
Vascular bundles make up the
Parenchyma tissue
37. 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.
Isotonic Conditions
Will increase the reaction rate
Bronchi
A mutation
38. What phylum are snakes in?
Phloem tissue
Chordata
Successful reproduction
Did not evolve together
39. Enzymes are usually __________ to certain reactions.
Phototropism
Very specific
A mutation
Balance
40. Are easily converted to ATP - but the main energy products of the Krebs cycle liberate electrons then used in the electron transfer reactions.
The products of the Krebs cycle
Germ layers
Altruism
Angiosperms
41. Is made of stacked cells connected by sieve plates that allow nutrients to pass from cell to cell. They transport food made in the leaves (by photosynthesis) to the rest of the plant).
Kingdom Plantae
Internodal tissue
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
Phloem tissue
42. High temperatures
Successful reproduction
Protista
Destroy most enzymes
Vascular bundles make up the
43. 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.
Biogeochemical cycles
Meristem tissue
Porifera
Phloem tissue
44. Is the process that releases energy for use by the cell.
The Cambrian Period
Imprinting
Cellular Respiration
Enzymes catalyze reactions
45. Breaking down
Aggregate fruit
Scurvy
Catabolism
Meristem tissue
46. This is a carboxyl group and is the signature group found within organic acids.
C ---OH
Ectoderm tissue
Aves
Niche
47. Is the major component of sand and is the most abundant element found in the lithosphere. It is not recycled.
Silicon
Tundra
Recycled environmental factors
Porifera
48. Are the monomers that form nucleic acids - containing a sugar - phosphate group - and a nitrogenous base.
Anabolsim
Centrioles
Ectoderm tissue
Nucleotides
49. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
A lysosome
A hydrogen bond
Vitamins
The key limiting factor on cell size
50. Is a molecule that stores information for protein synthesis and genetic coding.
Trachea
Ribonucleic acid
Internodal tissue
The hormone aldosterone