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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Contracts or shortens making body parts move
Muscle tissue
Lymph
Endocrine System
Stem cells
2. Responsible for extracting water and essential vitamins from the digested food
Prophase
Large intestine
Daughter Cell
Pluripotent
3. One of two identical 'sister' parts of a duplicated chromosome
Stomach
Daughter Cell
Chromatid
Telophase
4. Organelle that 'packages' proteins to be secreted from the cell
Muscle tissue
Golgi body
Lignin
Stomata
5. Organelle containing enzymes used in cell digestion
Digestive System
Cell Differentiation
Lysosome
Gall bladder
6. Membrane - bound and fluid filled organelle in plant of fungal cells; also found in some bacterial - protist - and animal cells
Daughter Cell
Cytokinesis
Vacuoles
Lignin
7. Thin layer of plant tissue just below the bark which produces the xylem
Vascular cambium
Metaphase
Rectum
Stomata
8. Useful for tearing and scratching
Nails
Stomach
Cell
Endocrine System
9. Produces hormones directly into the blood; pituitary gland - thyroid gland - adrenal glands - pancreas - ovaries - testes - thymus gland
Anaphase
Photoautotrophs
Endocrine System
Centromere
10. Covers organ surfaces (skin - airways - reproductive tract - inner lining of the digestive tract)
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Epithelial tissue
Gall bladder
Protists
11. Obsolete taxonomic group containing bacteria and cyanobacteria
Monerans
Ground tissue (plant)
Tissue
Muscular system
12. The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
Cell Differentiation
Phloem
Plant Tissue
Totepotent
13. Stage of mitosis in which chromosomes condense into structures visible in a regular microscope
Digestive System
Phloem
Liver
Prophase
14. Supportive layer of tissue (sapwood or heartwood in trees) that carries water and nutrients up from the roots; dead cells
Lymph nodes
Cytokinesis
Xylem
Totepotent
15. Continuous sequence of growth (interphase) and division (mitosis) in a cell
Cell Cycle
Endocrine System
Chloroplasts
Ground tissue (plant)
16. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Spore
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Centriole
17. Organelle in which proteins are synthesized
Stomata
Plant Tissue
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Muscular system
18. Release of water from plants through stomata
Sporophyte
Mitosis
Muscle tissue
Transpiration
19. A cell that can differentiate into many different cell types
Stem cells
Walther Flemming
Cell Wall
Endoplasmic reticulum
20. Organelles critical to protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm - joined to the endoplasmic reticulum - and within the mitochondria
Smooth muscle
Vascular cambium
Ribosomes
Oscar Hertwid
21. Dense portion of the nucleus; contains RNA and is involved in protein synthesis
Transpiration
Cell Cycle
Nucleolus
Animal tissue
22. Located close to the kidneys. Responsible for releasing adrenaline - a hormone that produces the flight or fight response.
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Thyroid gland
Animal tissue
Adrenal gland
23. Circulates through the vessels of the lymphatic system - which in turn assists the immune system.
Cell
Nucleus
Muscle tissue
Lymph
24. Organelle in which calcium levels are regulated
Pancreas
Skin
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Anaphase
25. In plants - a form of undifferentiated embryonic cell; exists in areas of plant growth like the root and shoot tips
Vascular bundles
Golgi body
Integumentary system
Meristematic cells
26. Detoxifies the blood - produces bile - and stores many vitamins and minerals
Cell Differentiation
Liver
Digestive System
Plasmodesmata
27. A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information.
Chromosome
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Tissue
Plasmodesmata
28. Produces and stores nutrients through photosynthesis
Ground tissue (plant)
White blood cells
Large intestine
Immune system
29. Ability of a cell to differentiate into multiple different types of cells
Pluripotent
Pituitary gland
Vesicle
Nails
30. Cells that are able to differentiate into any type of cell in an organism
Photoautotrophs
Ribosomes
Totepotent
Hair
31. So named because it lacks striations. Involuntary muscle found along the walls of the digestive tract - bladder - arteries - and other internal organs.
Smooth muscle
Totepotent
Small intestine
Vacuoles
32. 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
Integumentary system
Large intestine
Eukaryotes
Mitochondria
33. Cells that form the outer surface of plants
Lysosome
Centriole
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
Photoautotrophs
34. Responsible for the collection - transference - and the processing of external and internal information throughout the body; central nervous system - peripheral nervous system
Chloroplasts
Photoautotrophs
Skin
Nervous System
35. Responsible for defending the body against disease - causing agents; white blood cells (macrophages - B- cells and T- cells) - lymph nodes
Immune system
Totepotent
Ovaries
Skin
36. Produce testosterone and sperm
Glands
Tissue
Mitosis
Testes
37. Sweat glands and sebaceous glands
Mitochondria
Glands
Telophase
Skeletal (striated) muscle
38. Group of similarly constructed cells that perform the same function within a multicellular organism
Photoautotrophs
Tissue
Telophase
Cell Wall
39. Region of condense chromosome that looks pinched; where spindle fibers attach during meiosis and mitosis.
Plasmodesmata
Chromosome
Centromere
Small intestine
40. Third phase of mitosis and of meiosis I and II - in which the sister chromatids separate and move toward the poles of the spindle
Plasmodesmata
Prophase
Stomach
Anaphase
41. Plants with no phloem - xylem - roots - stems - or leaves; not as large or intricate as vascular plants
Metaphase
Endoplasmic reticulum
Tissue
Nonvascular plant
42. A complex polymer that fills the spaces in the cell wall - conferring mechanical strength to the cell wall and the plant as a whole.
Glands
Lignin
Transpiration
Epithelial tissue
43. Organisms with cells that have a membrane - bound nucleus and other well - structured organelles
Telophase
Gametophyte
Tissue
Eukaryotes
44. One of the cells formed from a parents cell after mitosis
Sporophyte
Daughter Cell
Liver
Nucleolus
45. 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
Photoautotrophs
Glands
Digestive System
Phloem
46. Produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagons
Pluripotent
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Vascular cambium
Pancreas
47. Responsible for transporting materials throughout the body: heart - blood (red - white - platelets) - blood vessels (arteries - vein - capillaries)
Hair
Circulatory System
Cell Differentiation
Endocrine System
48. Organelle containing genetic material
Centriole
Nucleus
Cell
Cell Cycle
49. 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
Peripheral Nervous System
Daughter Cell
Telophase
White blood cells
50. Stores and releases bile
Gall bladder
Metaphase
Plasmodesmata
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum