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CLEP Biology: Basic Chemistry

Subjects : clep, science, biology
Instructions:
  • Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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






2. Elements essential to life






3. Absorbs heat; endo - within






4. 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






5. 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 ...






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






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






8. The putting together of living things






9. Proteins only one that are...






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






11. Gives off heat; exo - outside






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






13. Stored energy






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






15. Particles are mixed but not dissolved






16. What is chief ingredient in living things?






17. Dissolved






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






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






20. Many sugars; complex carbs






21. Process of making two DNA molecules from one strand






22. The ability to do work






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






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






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






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






27. Smallest unit of an element






28. The increase in randomness and loss of usable energy






29. The living content in a cell






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






31. 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






32. 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)






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






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






35. 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






36. Dissolver (water: universal solvent)






37. Energy in motion






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






39. Matter is composed of ______






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