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CSET Science: Subtest I Cell And Organismal Biology
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1. Cells that form the outer surface of plants
Immune system
Eukaryotes
Mitosis
Epidermis (plant) Tissue
2. Connective - muscle - nervous - epithelial
Vascular bundles
Small intestine
Meristematic cells
Animal tissue
3. Organelles critical to protein synthesis found in the cytoplasm - joined to the endoplasmic reticulum - and within the mitochondria
Large intestine
Pancreas
Nucleus
Ribosomes
4. Any cell in a multicellular organism except the gametes
Somatic Cell
Walther Flemming
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Testes
5. Obsolete taxonomic group containing bacteria and cyanobacteria
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Large intestine
Monerans
Animal tissue
6. Epidermis - vascular - ground
Plant Tissue
White blood cells
Centromere
Ovaries
7. Involuntary muscle that forms the contractile walls of the heart
Sporophyte
Gall bladder
Peripheral Nervous System
Cardiac muscle
8. Circulates through the vessels of the lymphatic system - which in turn assists the immune system.
Nervous tissue
Somatic Cell
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Lymph
9. Dense portion of the nucleus; contains RNA and is involved in protein synthesis
Nervous System
Vascular bundles
Nucleolus
Golgi body
10. Organism that harnesses light energy to produce organic materials from carbon dioxide and water
Gamete
Photoautotrophs
Central Nervous System
Cell Cycle
11. Eukaryotic organism that is not an animal - a plant - or a fungus.
Protists
Metaphase
Lysosome
Mitosis
12. Small sac within a cell formed by pinching of some membrane; can contain waste - products the cell is taking in - and secretions the cell is exporting
Golgi body
Cell
Liver
Vesicle
13. Discovered mitosis
Rectum
Walther Flemming
Lymph
Cell Wall
14. Plant with specialized tissue for conducting water and nutrients
Nails
Xylem
Vascular plant
Cytokinesis
15. Brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System
White blood cells
Xylem
Ground tissue (plant)
16. Organelle in which proteins are synthesized
Prokaryotes
Daughter Cell
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Rectum
17. Organisms with cells that lack membranous - structurally discrete organelles
Prokaryotes
Cytokinesis
Nervous tissue
Thymus Gland
18. Supportive layer of tissue (sapwood or heartwood in trees) that carries water and nutrients up from the roots; dead cells
Glands
Xylem
Adrenal gland
Muscular system
19. Discovered meiosis
Chromosome
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Oscar Hertwid
Vacuoles
20. The process by which a cell becomes specialized for a specific structure or function
Cell Differentiation
Plasmodesmata
Vascular bundles
Endocrine System
21. All of the nerves leading to and from the central nervous system
Peripheral Nervous System
Nervous System
Cell Differentiation
Prokaryotes
22. Thin layer of plant tissue just below the bark which produces the xylem
Vascular cambium
Nails
Digestive System
Circulatory System
23. Responsible for the collection - transference - and the processing of external and internal information throughout the body; central nervous system - peripheral nervous system
Lignin
Transpiration
Nervous System
Thyroid gland
24. Responsible for storing food and initiating the digestion of proteins
Spindle Fiber
Lysosome
Stomach
Nucleolus
25. Produces and stores nutrients through photosynthesis
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Transpiration
Ground tissue (plant)
Central Nervous System
26. Stores and releases bile
Gall bladder
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Gametophyte
27. Organelle in which calcium levels are regulated
Oscar Hertwid
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Prophase
Muscular system
28. Organelle containing enzymes used in cell digestion
Cell Cycle
Rectum
Lysosome
Nails
29. Stage of mitosis in which chromosomes condense into structures visible in a regular microscope
Thyroid gland
Nails
Tissue
Prophase
30. Group of similarly constructed cells that perform the same function within a multicellular organism
Muscular system
Circulatory System
Tissue
Oscar Hertwid
31. Largest organ in terms of surface area
Skin
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Daughter Cell
Protists
32. A haploid reproductive cell that unites with another haploid reproductive cell to form a zygote
Cell
Gamete
Pancreas
Tissue
33. Stores solid waste products
Oscar Hertwid
Glands
Rectum
Daughter Cell
34. Include macrophages - B- cells - and T- cells
Protists
Cytokinesis
Plasmodesmata
White blood cells
35. 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.
Spore
Connective tissue
Nucleolus
Chloroplasts
36. Pores underneath plant leaves used to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen
Stomata
Chromosome
Vesicle
Skeletal (striated) muscle
37. Membrane - bound and fluid filled organelle in plant of fungal cells; also found in some bacterial - protist - and animal cells
Vacuoles
Vascular (plant) Tissue
Mitochondria
Vascular bundles
38. Release of water from plants through stomata
Lymph nodes
Ovaries
Large intestine
Transpiration
39. Organelle containing genetic material
Muscle tissue
Nucleus
White blood cells
Prokaryotes
40. Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
Meiosis
Cytokinesis
Adrenal gland
Vascular bundles
41. Nutrient conducting plant tissue; formed like small tubules; living cells
Lymph
Phloem
Connective tissue
Xylem
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.
Protists
Peripheral Nervous System
Lignin
Immune system
43. Process that results in cell division to produce gametes
Mitochondria
Gall bladder
Sporophyte
Meiosis
44. Ability of a cell to differentiate into multiple different types of cells
Metaphase
Pluripotent
Digestive System
Skin
45. Produce progesterone and estrogens - in addition to eggs
Endoplasmic reticulum
Stomach
Skeletal (striated) muscle
Ovaries
46. Organelle composed of microtubules within the nucleus that helps ensure that duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to the daughter cells
Digestive System
Centriole
Ovaries
Plant Tissue
47. Cells that are able to differentiate into any type of cell in an organism
Totepotent
Ovaries
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Centriole
48. Located close to the kidneys. Responsible for releasing adrenaline - a hormone that produces the flight or fight response.
Meiosis
Adrenal gland
Endoplasmic reticulum
Gall bladder
49. A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information.
Peripheral Nervous System
Stomach
Organelle
Chromosome
50. Organelle that 'packages' proteins to be secreted from the cell
Golgi body
Metaphase
Central Nervous System
Immune system