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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Produce testosterone and sperm
Lignin
Metaphase
Testes
Plant Tissue
2. Group of similarly constructed cells that perform the same function within a multicellular organism
Transpiration
Tissue
Endocrine System
Protists
3. Produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagons
Endocrine System
Pancreas
Somatic Cell
Connective tissue
4. Region of condense chromosome that looks pinched; where spindle fibers attach during meiosis and mitosis.
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Mitochondria
Centromere
Cell
5. Connective - muscle - nervous - epithelial
Totepotent
Vacuoles
Lymph nodes
Animal tissue
6. Strands of plant tissue containing xylem and phloem - sometimes surrounded by a fiber covering
Vascular bundles
Mitosis
Vesicle
Spore
7. One of the cells formed from a parents cell after mitosis
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Daughter Cell
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Vascular plant
8. All of the nerves leading to and from the central nervous system
Stomach
Peripheral Nervous System
Stem cells
Nucleus
9. Protects the body and holds in heat
Tissue
Totepotent
Hair
Anaphase
10. Produce progesterone and estrogens - in addition to eggs
Large intestine
Xylem
Ovaries
Photoautotrophs
11. Organelle in which proteins are synthesized
Chromatid
Immune system
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Endoplasmic reticulum
12. Connections between plant cells that allow fluids and nutrients to be shared
Nonvascular plant
Plasmodesmata
Mitochondria
Chromatid
13. 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
Testes
Metaphase
Adrenal gland
Mitochondria
14. Process that results in cell division
Oscar Hertwid
Organelle
Mitosis
Cell Wall
15. Produces hormones directly into the blood; pituitary gland - thyroid gland - adrenal glands - pancreas - ovaries - testes - thymus gland
Endocrine System
Hair
Chromosome
Protists
16. Made up of celluolose - protein - and lignin - and allows pressure in plant cells to increase without the cell bursting.
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Oscar Hertwid
Cell Wall
Prophase
17. Responsible for the collection - transference - and the processing of external and internal information throughout the body; central nervous system - peripheral nervous system
Vascular bundles
Muscular system
Nervous System
Gall bladder
18. So named because it lacks striations. Involuntary muscle found along the walls of the digestive tract - bladder - arteries - and other internal organs.
Digestive System
Mitosis
Nucleolus
Smooth muscle
19. Discovered mitosis
Walther Flemming
Rectum
Lymph
Tissue
20. Any cell in a multicellular organism except the gametes
Peripheral Nervous System
Somatic Cell
Stomach
Epithelial tissue
21. In the life cycle of a plant or alga undergoing alternation of generations - a meiotically produced haploid cell that divides mitotically - generating a multicellular individual - the gametophyte - without fusing with another cell.
Liver
Spore
Spindle Fiber
Nervous tissue
22. Largest organ in terms of surface area
Centromere
Muscular system
Skin
Phloem
23. Cells that form the outer surface of plants
Plasmodesmata
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Prokaryotes
Large intestine
24. Organism that harnesses light energy to produce organic materials from carbon dioxide and water
Stomach
Photoautotrophs
Anaphase
Stem cells
25. xylem and phloem; transport fluid and nutrients internally
Cardiac muscle
Oscar Hertwid
Hair
Vascular (plant) Tissue
26. Organelles critical to protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm - joined to the endoplasmic reticulum - and within the mitochondria
Ovaries
Ribosomes
Monerans
Anaphase
27. Responsible for releasing several tropic hormones - which regulate the activity of other endocrine glands
Cell
Skin
Pituitary gland
Nucleus
28. Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Cytokinesis
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Nucleolus
29. Microtubule within a cell's nucleus; joined to one of the poles during cell division
Meiosis
Spindle Fiber
Testes
Spore
30. Plant with specialized tissue for conducting water and nutrients
Chromatid
Chloroplasts
Cytokinesis
Vascular plant
31. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Centriole
Transpiration
Connective tissue
Ground tissue (plant)
32. Organelle containing enzymes used in cell digestion
Muscle tissue
Skin
Lysosome
Cell
33. Process that results in cell division to produce gametes
Meiosis
Adrenal gland
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Cardiac muscle
34. Brain and spinal cord
Connective tissue
Central Nervous System
Skin
Cytokinesis
35. 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.
Integumentary system
White blood cells
Smooth muscle
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
36. A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information.
Digestive System
Stomach
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Chromosome
37. Nutrient conducting plant tissue; formed like small tubules; living cells
Xylem
Ovaries
Centriole
Phloem
38. A complex polymer that fills the spaces in the cell wall - conferring mechanical strength to the cell wall and the plant as a whole.
Golgi body
Ovaries
Spore
Lignin
39. Contracts or shortens making body parts move
Plasmodesmata
Muscle tissue
Gall bladder
Tissue
40. Responsible for extracting water and essential vitamins from the digested food
Nonvascular plant
Liver
Large intestine
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
41. Tiny nodules found all over the body. They contain a colorless fluid called lymph.
Integumentary system
Lymph nodes
Central Nervous System
Rectum
42. Dense portion of the nucleus; contains RNA and is involved in protein synthesis
Centriole
Ground tissue (plant)
Nucleolus
Transpiration
43. The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Lysosome
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Metaphase
Cell
44. Makes up the brain - cranial nerves - spinal cord - and peripheral nervous system
Chloroplasts
Oscar Hertwid
Nucleus
Nervous tissue
45. Responsible for defending the body against disease - causing agents; white blood cells (macrophages - B- cells and T- cells) - lymph nodes
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Totepotent
Ovaries
Immune system
46. Obsolete taxonomic group containing bacteria and cyanobacteria
Adrenal gland
Monerans
Gamete
Endocrine System
47. The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
Cell Differentiation
Muscular system
Digestive System
Gamete
48. Detoxifies the blood - produces bile - and stores many vitamins and minerals
Prophase
Hair
Liver
Gall bladder
49. The gamete - producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Glands
Totepotent
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Gametophyte
50. 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
Digestive System
Muscle tissue
Phloem
Sporophyte