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SAT Subject Test: Biology
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1. The intake of fluid droplets into a cell
olfactory
pinocytosis
rhodopsin
pituitary
2. Degree of penetrability - as in membranes that allow given substances to pass through; the ability to penetrate
oxidation
budding
style
permeability
3. The kind of bond formed when two amino acid units are jointed end to end
peptide
morula
inner ear
asexual reproduction
4. Agent that induces mutations; typically carcinogenic
centriole
embolus
mutagenic agent
retina
5. Compounds in bile that aid in emulsification
synapsis
bile salts
point mutation
phenotype
6. Pertaining to the head
nitrogen cycle
guanine
zygote
cephalic
7. Unicellular organism with simple cell structure
substrate
hyperthyroidism
ethanol fermentation
prokaryote
8. A behavioral or biological change that enables an organism to adjust to its environment
pituitary
gray matter
chorion
adaptation
9. The process by which a certain function is regulated by the amount of the substance it produces
amnion
pyloric valve
feedback mechanism
clotting
10. A digestive enzyme of the saliva that turns starch into maltose (salivary amylase)
ingestion
epithelium
ptyalin
white matter
11. In mitosis of higher plants - the structure that forms between the divided nuclei of the two daughter cells and eventually becomes the cell wall
isotonic
guanine
cell wall plate
pleural cavity
12. The part of the flower that produces pollen
centrosome
polysaccharide
endemic
stamen
13. The part of the male reproductive organ (the stamen) that produces and stores pollen
ptyalin
cytosine
chyme
anther
14. Describes cells that have a double set of chromosomes in homologous pairs (2n)
diploid
polyploidy
niche
cytochrome
15. A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
neuron
reduction
hypothalamus
artery
16. The ability to respond to a stimulus
irritability
primary spermatocyte
phylum
artery
17. An organelle that contains enzymes that aid in intracellular digestion
epinephrine
spiracle
dorsal root
lysosome
18. The fluid that remains after fibrinogen is removed from the blood plasma of vertebrates
primary oocyte
translocation
cloaca
serum
19. Bacteria that are rod shaped
ventral root
bacillus
pons
incomplete dominance
20. The part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary muscles - such as the walls of the alimentary canal; includes the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems
Calvin cycle
autonomic nervous system
urinary bladder
recombinant DNA technology
21. A sex or reproductive cell that must fuse with another of the opposite type to form a zygote
pupil
gamete
epiphyte
axon
22. The enzyme released from the blood platelets in vertebrates during clotting
thrombokinase
esophagus
thymus
cuticle
23. The portion of alimentary canal in which some protein digestion occurs
stomach
phenotype
thrombin
diffusion
24. The small granular body within the centrosome to which the spindle fibers attach
organelle
differentation
inversion
centriole
25. A pair of chromosome pairs present during the first metaphase of meiosis
turgor pressure
tetrad
Chordata
cerebral hemisphere
26. An air duct from the middle ear to the throat that equalizes external and internal air pressure
bacteriophage
osmosis
Eustachian tube
marsupial
27. The division in animal cell cytoplasm caused by the pinching in of the cell membrane
pyrimidine
herbivore
cytoplasm
cleavage
28. Part of the nephron in the kidney; involved in excretion
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29. The second filial generation; offspring resulting from the crossing of individuals of the F1 generation
binomial nomenclature
F2
ventricle
trypsin
30. An organelle that regulates cell functions and contains the genetic material of the cell
deoxyribose
aerobe
nucleus
ingestion
31. The liquid part of blood
coelom
plasma
anaerobe
assortative mating
32. An enzyme that acts upon sucrose
polyp
exoskeleton
sucrase
chyme
33. An abbreviation of nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide-phosphate - also called TPN; an organic compound that serves as an oxidation-reduction molecule
NADP
planaria
epicotyl
vacuole
34. A relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of another
ilium
parasitism
codominant
carbon cycle
35. Different relationships that are formed in proteins between the original sequence of amino acids and more complex three-dimensional compounds
thrombin
deoxyribose
coenzyme
levels of structure
36. The vascular tissue of a plant that transports organic materials (photosynthetic products) from the leaves to other parts of the plant
phloem
homozygous
central nervous system
buffer
37. Describes an individual that possesses two contrasting alleles for a given trait
heterozygous
niche
Krebs cycle
cytosine
38. There are two kinds of sex chromosomes - X and Y; XX signifies a female and XY signifies a male
RNA
micron (micrometer)
acetylcholine
sex chromosome
39. The site of most digestion of nutrients and absorption of digested nutrients
small intestine
taiga
FSH
dendrite
40. Describes a fluid that has a lower osmotic pressure than a fluid it is compared to
lacteal
hypotonic
aerobic
vitamin
41. Fluid skeleton of annelids
cochlea
hydrostatic skeleton
chromatid
sucrase
42. In mammals - a flap of tissue above the glottis; it folds back over the glottis in swallowing to close the air passages of the lungs; contains elastic cartilage
cerebrum
wood
acetylcholine
epiglottis
43. Three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord (pia mater - dura mater and arachnoid)
meninges
guard cell
cornea
hyperthyroidism
44. A hoofed animal
epinephrine
Arthropoda
ungulate
plexus
45. A duct that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder
pairing
cleavage
ureter
hermaphrodite
46. A 12-carbon sugar that is formed by the union of two glucose units (a disaccharide)
maltose
thymus
mutation
mitosis
47. The enzyme that acts upon lactose
lipid
lactase
polymorphism
chemosynthesis
48. Any cell capable of ingesting another cell
phagocyte
corpus luteum
vein
spiracle
49. The female gamete; it is nonmotile - large in comparison to male gametes - and stores nutrients
egg
hemoglobin
meristem
prothrombin
50. Secreted by the anterior pituitary gland - this hormone stimulates the conversion of a follicle into the corpus luteum and the secretion of progesterone by the corpus luteum
prophase
luteinizing hormone (LH)
nucleus
disaccharide