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CLEP Biology
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1. Produce antibodies into the bloodstream that find and attach themselves to foreign antigens (toxins - bacteria).
The biosphere
Altruism
B Cells
Phloem tissue
2. Produce adrenaline. This hormone is a well-known constrictor of blood vessels.
Ecotone
The adrenal glands
Vascular bundles make up the
Protista
3. Contain one celled eukaryotes such as algae and protozoa.
Genome
Desert
Kingdom Protista
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
4. Refers to the birthrate of a population.
Non-protein
Natality
Parenchyma tissue
Meristem tissue
5. The number of organisms in a given community - can be above or below the carrying capacity.
Population
The Nitrogen cycle
Prosthetic groups
A hydrogen bond
6. 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.
Ectoderm
Isotonic Conditions
Successful reproduction
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
7. Breaking down
The cell's 'powerhouses'
Catabolism
The nucleus
Centrioles
8. 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.
The Cambrian Period
Scurvy
Phloem tissue
Blastula
9. The part of the earth that contains all living things - including the atmosphere (air) - the lithosphere (earth) - and the hydrosphere (water).
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
The key limiting factor on cell size
The pituitary gland
Biosphere
10. Is comprised of all the organisms that interact within a given ecosystem whether or not it is at carrying capacity.
The community
The habitat of an organism includes
Protista
B Cells
11. Between the endoderm and ectoderm - layer that will eventually form the muscles - and organs of the skeletal - circulatory - respiratory - reproductive - and excretory systems.
T Cells
Allopatric speciation
Mesoderm
Phosphorous gas
12. Small - green - heart-shaped gametophyte plant form of a fern that can make its own food and absorb water and nutrients from the soil
Angiosperms
Prothallus
T Cells
A sex linked recessive disease
13. Covalent bonds
Prosthetic groups
Share electrons
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
14. 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
Chromosome
Attraction of atoms of different polarity
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
The community
15. Some energy is lost as heat and becomes unusable.
Trachea
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Phototropism
Chlorophyll
16. What phylum are snakes in?
Chordata
Early hominids...
Biosphere
Xylem tissue
17. Mitochondria - they constitute the center of cellular respiration.
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18. Disease causing
The pancreas
The salivary gland
pathogenic
Hypothalamus
19. Is the sugar that lactase acts upon.
Lactose
Kingdom Protista
Lymphocytes
Chromatin
20. Includes all living and nonliving components of the Earth to support living things.
Meristem tissue
The biosphere
Genetic screening
The key limiting factor on cell size
21. 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.
Early hominids...
A mutation
R-selection
Imprinting
22. A sex-linked recessive disorder carried on the x chromosome in which an individual cannot perceive certain colors.
Color blindness
The pancreas
Niche
Gregor Medel
23. Energy transformations that occur as chemicals are broken down or synthesized within the cell.
The key limiting factor on cell size
Kingdom Protista
Cellular Metabolism
Genetic imprinting
24. The role played by an organism in its food chain.
Trachea
Ecotone
Annelida
Niche
25. Occurs when two populations are geographically isolated from each other. Over time this results in the production of two separate species.
Lactose
A hydrogen bond
Did not evolve together
Allopatric speciation
26. The individual we recognize as an adult fern.
A lysosome
Mature sporophyte
Cuticle
Protista
27. Contains many genes and is a structure comprised of linear DNA and associated proteins.
Mitochondria
Chromosome
The Cell Theory
The primary role of DNA in the cell
28. Include: Vascular tissue - including both xylem and phloem - and sieve plates existing between cells of the stem.
Vascular bundles make up the
Kingdom Animalia
Stem tissues
An enzyme
29. 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.
A gene is
Sudden appearance and disappearance of fossil species
A sex linked recessive disease
Tundra
30. 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
Gametogenesis
Phototropism
Nucleotides
DNA produces particular genetic traits through
31. Algae and Protozoa belong to the kingdom...
Cerebellum
Kingdom Animalia
Protista
Parenchyma tissue
32. Is a substance that changes the speed of a reaction without being affected itself.
Paleozoic era
Plasmodesmata
A catalyst
Stem tissues
33. Covers and protects the leaf.
Cerebellum
Population
Cuticle
Cerebrum
34. Process of breaking down complex materials (foods) to form simpler substances and release energy.
Catabolism
Imprinting
Biogeochemical cycles
Common elements found in proteins
35. 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
pathogenic
A sudden change in the amount of extracellular fluid will be corrected by events following the release of substances from this organ.
The Nitrogen cycle
So it can be used over and over again.
36. Contains optic lobes - controls sight.
Early hominids...
Midbrain
Morula
Savanna
37. Is a packet of digestive enzymes that destroy cellular wastes.
Through nitrogen fixing bacteria and lighting
A lysosome
Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)
Genetic maintenance
38. Provide rigidity to plant cells (and some bacteria) and are not found within animal cells.
Cell walls
Niche
Filtered by the liver
Destroy most enzymes
39. Is the outermost of the three main layers of an embryo.
Ectoderm tissue
Chlorophyll
Nucleotides
Phyla
40. Is secreted by the adrenal cortex to promote sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
Porifera
The hormone aldosterone
Ionic bonds involve
Meristem tissue
41. Produce seeds without flowers. They include conifers (cone-bearers) and cycads.
The cell membrane
Filtered by the liver
Gymnosperms
Midbrain
42. The systematic search for individuals with a specific genotype in a delineated population.
Lymphocytes
Mesozoic era
Genetic screening
Chlorophyll
43. Is a social behavior of an organism that is beneficial to the group at the individual's expense.
Porifera
A prosthetic group
Altruism
Non-protein
44. Transparency - polarity - high specific heat - and density (lower density when solid than when liquid.).
Isotonic Conditions
Silicon
Lymphocytes
Characteristics of water valuable to living organisms
45. 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
Genetic screening
Ionic bonds involve
Germ layers
The pituitary gland
46. In both living and non-living environments.
Ectoderm
Enzymes catalyze reactions
Chlorophyll
The evolution leading to Homo Sapiens...
47. Attaches to an enzyme and blocks the enzyme reaction rather than enhancing it - like a prosthetic group would.
Carbon
Lymphocytes
Interphase
An inhibitor
48. Is an ion that binds to an enzyme making it more able to catalyze a reaction.
Restriction enzymes
The theory of punctuated equilibrium
A prosthetic group
Very specific
49. 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
Paleozoic era
The community
Larynx
50. Is weaker than ionic - covalent - disulfide - or double bonds.
T Cells
As energy is transferred through trophic levels
Filtered by the liver
A hydrogen bond