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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Organelle in which proteins are synthesized
Stomata
Daughter Cell
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Prokaryotes
2. Supportive layer of tissue (sapwood or heartwood in trees) that carries water and nutrients up from the roots; dead cells
Gametophyte
Stomach
Endocrine System
Xylem
3. The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
Cell Wall
Cell Differentiation
Spore
Liver
4. Membrane - bound and fluid filled organelle in plant of fungal cells; also found in some bacterial - protist - and animal cells
Centriole
Vacuoles
Metaphase
Gall bladder
5. Makes up the brain - cranial nerves - spinal cord - and peripheral nervous system
Prokaryotes
Large intestine
Animal tissue
Nervous tissue
6. The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Cell
Stomata
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Photoautotrophs
7. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Smooth muscle
Centriole
Oscar Hertwid
Peripheral Nervous System
8. Region of condense chromosome that looks pinched; where spindle fibers attach during meiosis and mitosis.
Centromere
Muscular system
Prokaryotes
Circulatory System
9. One of two identical 'sister' parts of a duplicated chromosome
Muscle tissue
Daughter Cell
Walther Flemming
Chromatid
10. Process that results in cell division
Mitosis
Ground tissue (plant)
Vascular plant
Animal tissue
11. Structure within a cell that is responsible for a specific function
Organelle
Circulatory System
Tissue
Testes
12. Produce testosterone and sperm
Gamete
Testes
Spore
Central Nervous System
13. Responsible for digesting and absorbing the extracted vital nutrients from food
Connective tissue
Plasmodesmata
Gametophyte
Small intestine
14. Cells that form the outer surface of plants
Prophase
Phloem
Chromosome
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
15. Responsible for extracting water and essential vitamins from the digested food
Somatic Cell
Chromosome
Large intestine
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
16. 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.
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Connective tissue
Spore
17. Useful for tearing and scratching
Meiosis
Nails
Lignin
Walther Flemming
18. Organisms with cells that lack membranous - structurally discrete organelles
Metaphase
Nucleus
Prokaryotes
Spindle Fiber
19. Located in the neck area. Releases thyroxin - which regulates the body's metabolic rate.
Stem cells
Thyroid gland
Meiosis
Nails
20. One of the cells formed from a parents cell after mitosis
Ground tissue (plant)
Thymus Gland
Daughter Cell
Rectum
21. In plants - a form of undifferentiated embryonic cell; exists in areas of plant growth like the root and shoot tips
Meristematic cells
Totepotent
Cell Differentiation
Transpiration
22. Organelle containing genetic material
Small intestine
Nucleus
Tissue
Endoplasmic reticulum
23. Ability of a cell to differentiate into multiple different types of cells
Pluripotent
Chromatid
Liver
Cell Wall
24. A complex polymer that fills the spaces in the cell wall - conferring mechanical strength to the cell wall and the plant as a whole.
Oscar Hertwid
Rectum
Lignin
Lymph
25. A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information.
Testes
Chromosome
Meristematic cells
Metaphase
26. Your first line of defense against disease and helps regulate body temperature; skin - glands - hair - nails
Integumentary system
Ovaries
Protists
Lysosome
27. Third phase of mitosis and of meiosis I and II - in which the sister chromatids separate and move toward the poles of the spindle
Anaphase
Ovaries
White blood cells
Peripheral Nervous System
28. Stage of mitosis in which chromosomes condense into structures visible in a regular microscope
Phloem
Connective tissue
Rectum
Prophase
29. 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
Digestive System
Mitochondria
Golgi body
Oscar Hertwid
30. Tiny nodules found all over the body. They contain a colorless fluid called lymph.
Photoautotrophs
Thymus Gland
Endocrine System
Lymph nodes
31. Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
Cardiac muscle
Cytokinesis
Chromatid
Connective tissue
32. Epidermis - vascular - ground
Peripheral Nervous System
Plant Tissue
Cell
Stem cells
33. Thin layer of plant tissue just below the bark which produces the xylem
Meristematic cells
Vascular cambium
Monerans
Chromatid
34. Sweat glands and sebaceous glands
Centromere
Stomata
Rectum
Glands
35. Stores solid waste products
Cell Cycle
Nonvascular plant
Rectum
Mitosis
36. Is actually a lymphoid organ in the neck or upper chest of all vertebrates. It is essential in the normal development of the immune system.
Muscular system
Thymus Gland
Plant Tissue
Pituitary gland
37. A cell that can differentiate into many different cell types
Stem cells
Organelle
Monerans
Meristematic cells
38. Produces hormones directly into the blood; pituitary gland - thyroid gland - adrenal glands - pancreas - ovaries - testes - thymus gland
Vascular plant
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Endocrine System
Pancreas
39. Obsolete taxonomic group containing bacteria and cyanobacteria
Monerans
Nucleolus
Immune system
Daughter Cell
40. 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
Centromere
Phloem
Hair
Telophase
41. Largest organ in terms of surface area
Anaphase
Skin
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Gall bladder
42. Produces and stores nutrients through photosynthesis
Mitosis
Prophase
Ground tissue (plant)
Gametophyte
43. Continuous sequence of growth (interphase) and division (mitosis) in a cell
Cardiac muscle
Pituitary gland
Spindle Fiber
Cell Cycle
44. Responsible for the collection - transference - and the processing of external and internal information throughout the body; central nervous system - peripheral nervous system
Lysosome
Glands
Protists
Nervous System
45. Strands of plant tissue containing xylem and phloem - sometimes surrounded by a fiber covering
Vascular bundles
Cell
Nails
Immune system
46. Process that results in cell division to produce gametes
Liver
Meiosis
Gall bladder
Endoplasmic reticulum
47. Responsible for storing food and initiating the digestion of proteins
Mitosis
Pituitary gland
Stomach
Vascular cambium
48. All of the nerves leading to and from the central nervous system
Monerans
Oscar Hertwid
Peripheral Nervous System
Mitochondria
49. Release of water from plants through stomata
Meiosis
Transpiration
Cell
Endoplasmic reticulum
50. Pores underneath plant leaves used to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen
Stomata
Muscle tissue
Epithelial tissue
Prophase