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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Responsible for digesting and absorbing the extracted vital nutrients from food
Nucleolus
Small intestine
Somatic Cell
Nervous System
2. Discovered meiosis
Central Nervous System
Oscar Hertwid
Lymph nodes
Ground tissue (plant)
3. Pores underneath plant leaves used to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen
Totepotent
Daughter Cell
Stomata
Pituitary gland
4. Cells that form the outer surface of plants
Meiosis
Muscular system
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Oscar Hertwid
5. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Connective tissue
Tissue
Chromatid
Centriole
6. xylem and phloem; transport fluid and nutrients internally
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Walther Flemming
Organelle
Endocrine System
7. Ability of a cell to differentiate into multiple different types of cells
Peripheral Nervous System
Spindle Fiber
Ground tissue (plant)
Pluripotent
8. Thin layer of plant tissue just below the bark which produces the xylem
Gall bladder
Ovaries
Vascular cambium
Animal tissue
9. Made up of celluolose - protein - and lignin - and allows pressure in plant cells to increase without the cell bursting.
Gametophyte
Cell Wall
Vacuoles
Vascular (plant) Tissue
10. Produces hormones directly into the blood; pituitary gland - thyroid gland - adrenal glands - pancreas - ovaries - testes - thymus gland
Endocrine System
Sporophyte
Integumentary system
Tissue
11. Organelles critical to protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm - joined to the endoplasmic reticulum - and within the mitochondria
Muscle tissue
Vascular plant
Ribosomes
Peripheral Nervous System
12. The gamete - producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Pluripotent
Gametophyte
Somatic Cell
Muscular system
13. All of the nerves leading to and from the central nervous system
Monerans
Lymph nodes
Peripheral Nervous System
Cell Wall
14. Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
Smooth muscle
Ribosomes
Xylem
Cytokinesis
15. Nutrient conducting plant tissue; formed like small tubules; living cells
Golgi body
Stem cells
Nervous tissue
Phloem
16. Responsible for storing food and initiating the digestion of proteins
Ribosomes
Stomach
Vacuoles
Rectum
17. In plants - a form of undifferentiated embryonic cell; exists in areas of plant growth like the root and shoot tips
Glands
Meristematic cells
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Thyroid gland
18. Organelle in eukaryotic cells that produces chemical energy; have their own DNA and may have evolved from a symbiotic relationship between a primitive eukaryotic organism and a primitive bacteria
Transpiration
Mitochondria
Meristematic cells
Smooth muscle
19. Brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System
Protists
Smooth muscle
Prokaryotes
20. Produces and stores nutrients through photosynthesis
Ground tissue (plant)
Nails
Thyroid gland
Mitochondria
21. Any cell in a multicellular organism except the gametes
Protists
Somatic Cell
Spore
Nervous tissue
22. Organelle in which calcium levels are regulated
Meristematic cells
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Centromere
Nonvascular plant
23. Last stage of mitosis - in which the cell membrane begins to pinch the cell in two - cytokinesis begins - and the nuclear membrane forms around the chromosomes
Glands
Ground tissue (plant)
Telophase
Nucleus
24. Contracts or shortens making body parts move
Ovaries
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Muscle tissue
Nervous tissue
25. Responsible for the breakdown and absorption of food and the removal of solid waste; include the alimentary canal (mouth - esophagus - stomach - small intestine - large intestine - colon/ rectum) and the accessory organs (liver - pancreas - gall blad
Somatic Cell
Digestive System
Testes
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
26. Attaches to bones and is responsible for voluntary movements
Meristematic cells
Lignin
Chloroplasts
Skeletal (striated) muscle
27. The spore - producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Sporophyte
Daughter Cell
Thymus Gland
Skin
28. Process that results in cell division to produce gametes
Xylem
Skin
Peripheral Nervous System
Meiosis
29. Plants with no phloem - xylem - roots - stems - or leaves; not as large or intricate as vascular plants
Nonvascular plant
Vacuoles
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Central Nervous System
30. Organisms with cells that have a membrane - bound nucleus and other well - structured organelles
Daughter Cell
Centromere
Anaphase
Eukaryotes
31. Responsible for transporting materials throughout the body: heart - blood (red - white - platelets) - blood vessels (arteries - vein - capillaries)
Eukaryotes
Sporophyte
Chloroplasts
Circulatory System
32. Makes up the brain - cranial nerves - spinal cord - and peripheral nervous system
Animal tissue
Nervous tissue
Connective tissue
Chromatid
33. Membrane - bound and fluid filled organelle in plant of fungal cells; also found in some bacterial - protist - and animal cells
Vacuoles
Connective tissue
Nervous System
Transpiration
34. Region of condense chromosome that looks pinched; where spindle fibers attach during meiosis and mitosis.
Nervous tissue
Nonvascular plant
Centromere
Telophase
35. Detoxifies the blood - produces bile - and stores many vitamins and minerals
Vascular cambium
Liver
Nucleolus
Chromosome
36. Structure within a cell that is responsible for a specific function
Animal tissue
Nucleolus
Organelle
Testes
37. A haploid reproductive cell that unites with another haploid reproductive cell to form a zygote
Daughter Cell
Cell Cycle
Transpiration
Gamete
38. The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Endocrine System
Muscular system
Stomach
Cell
39. Organelle containing enzymes used in cell digestion
Centriole
Lysosome
Adrenal gland
Eukaryotes
40. Discovered mitosis
Centromere
Ovaries
Golgi body
Walther Flemming
41. An extensive membrane network of cisternae (sac - like structures) held together by the cytoskeleton that encloses the cisternal space (or lumen) from the cytosol and is continuous with the perinuclear space. Three types: RER - SER - SR
Ribosomes
Pluripotent
Endoplasmic reticulum
Muscle tissue
42. A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information.
Immune system
Chromosome
Gamete
Digestive System
43. Produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagons
Cardiac muscle
Pancreas
Meristematic cells
Telophase
44. Circulates through the vessels of the lymphatic system - which in turn assists the immune system.
Lymph
Stem cells
Prokaryotes
Transpiration
45. Connective - muscle - nervous - epithelial
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Animal tissue
Somatic Cell
Protists
46. Epidermis - vascular - ground
Peripheral Nervous System
Telophase
Vacuoles
Plant Tissue
47. Responsible for providing voluntary and involuntary movement; cardiac - skeletal - smooth
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Muscular system
Ground tissue (plant)
Pancreas
48. Organelle in which lipids and steroids are produced - carbohydrates and steroids are metabolized - and calcium concentration - drug detoxification - and attachment of cell membrane receptors are regulated.
Adrenal gland
Nonvascular plant
Phloem
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
49. Chlorophyll containing plant cell organelle within which photosynthesis takes place
Pluripotent
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Lymph nodes
Chloroplasts
50. Include macrophages - B- cells - and T- cells
White blood cells
Endocrine System
Vascular bundles
Ground tissue (plant)