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CLEP Biology: Basic Chemistry

Subjects : clep, science, biology
Instructions:
  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Matter is composed of ______






2. Organic compounds that contain carbon - hydrogen and oxygen; provide structure and store energy






3. The putting together of living things






4. Many sugars; complex carbs






5. Mixture of fine particles that do not settle out quickly (ex. protoplasm)






6. Particles are mixed but not dissolved






7. Proteins only one that are...






8. Double sugars; maltose - sucrose - lactose; formed when monosaccharides undergo dehydration synthesis - when a suger looses hydrozyl group (OH) and another gives hydrogen - resulting in a water molecule and a ...






9. Dissolver (water: universal solvent)






10. Can change between gel and sol phases (ex. protoplasm)






11. Process of making two DNA molecules from one strand






12. Dissolved






13. Stored energy






14. Gives off heat; exo - outside






15. The increase in randomness and loss of usable energy






16. Polysaccharide; strong and flexible; makes up shells of crabs - lobsters - shrimp - insects; found in cell walls of fungi






17. Most abundant form of lipids; building blocks for other lipids; have hydrophilic and hydrophobic ends; in water - will align themselves; good source of energy; found in dairy and animal tissues






18. Made of nucleotides; sugar - phosphate - base; adenine - thyOOmine; guani`ne - cytosine






19. Another nucleic acid; single strand; sometime replaces thymine






20. Group of organic substances slightly soluble in water; very soluble in other organic liquids; mostly structural but also store energy; humans and animals store their excess energy as lipids






21. Is a polysaccharide; stored by plants; a major energy source for humans; humans can't make it






22. Composed of long chains of glucose; is a polysaccharide; found in plant cell walls; nondigestible by most animals; part of our diet called bulk or rubbage(fiber)






23. Single sugars; glucose(C6H12O6) is a monosaccharide that is manufactured by plants in photosynthesis






24. Cannot change between gel and sol (ex. egg whites)






25. Absorbs heat; endo - within






26. Homogenous(alike) mixture of one or more substances in another substance






27. Whenever energy is used - some of the energy is wasted






28. Elements essential to life






29. Energy in motion






30. Affect the rate of the reaction but are not changed in the reaction






31. The ability to do work






32. The diffusion of water(!!) through a semipermiable membrane; equilibrium is never reached.






33. What is chief ingredient in living things?






34. Found in nucleus of cell; contain info necessary for the manufacture of an organism's proteins; nucleic acid form genes; watson and crick discovered






35. Made of amino acids; polypeptide chain of amino acids; make up the majority of an organism's cells; used as enzymes or as building blocks






36. Polysaccharide; animal starch (animals and humans eat starches abd break them down to monosaccharides; the liver converts them to glycogen for storage)






37. When a cell needs a monosaccharide - enzymes cause disaccharides to undergo hydrolysis - which means the breaking down of a disaccharide by adding a water molecule






38. Smallest unit of an element






39. The living content in a cell






40. In any process - energy is neither created nor destroyed