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SAT Subject Test: Biology
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1. A group of life-maintaining processes that includes nutrition - respiration (the production of usable energy) and the synthesis and degradation of biochemical substances
chromosome
guard cell
sphincter
metabolism
2. The pressure exerted by the contents of a cell against the cell membrane or cell wall
ureter
ADH (vassopressin)
turgor pressure
pollen
3. The removal of hydrogen or electrons from a compound or addition of oxygen; half of a redox (oxidation or reduction) process
tundra
oxidation
stomach
gastrula
4. The outermost embryonic germ layer that gives rise to the epidermis and the nervous system
photolysis
pepsin
photoperiodism
ectoderm
5. Small - disc-shaped bodies in the blood that play a chief role in coagulation
diastole
eukaryote
platelet
DNA
6. An invertebrate animal phylum in which animals possess a single alimentary opening and tentacles with stinging cells
thoracic duct
morphology
synaptic terminal
Coelentrata
7. The biome located between the polar region and the tiaga
platelet
nerve cord
anther
tundra
8. The ways in which organisms regulate their internal heat
diploid
thermoregulation
active immunity
Golgi apparatus
9. A flowering plant with simple dry fruit - characterized by nodes on their roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria
legume
stigma
clotting
medulla oblongata
10. A starch form in animals; glucose is converted to this in the liver
sensory neuron
glycogen
testes
prokaryote
11. An organic catalyst and protein
epicotyl
tundra
pons
enzyme
12. Bacteria that are rod shaped
bacillus
mucosa
anaerobe
glycogen
13. An organic cofactor required for enzyme activity
metaphase
coenzyme
stigma
niche
14. Organism that consumes food from outside itself instead of producing it
Calvin cycle
consumer
urethra
central nervous system
15. Describes a fluid that has a higher osmotic pressure than another fluid it is compared to
meristem
NADP
appendage
hypertonic
16. A hormone produced by the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas
chromatin
point mutation
insulin
thryoxin
17. The part of the flower that produces pollen
stamen
mesoderm
epicotyl
autonomic nervous system
18. Partially digested food in the stomach
stoma
linkage
nucleus
chyme
19. Organism that produces its own food; first stage in the food chain
morphology
producer
dimorphism
anaerobe
20. A process by which the cell membrane is invaginated to form a vesicle which contains extracellular medium
maltase
endocytosis
excretion
physiology
21. Any physical feature that prevents the ecological niches of different organisms from overlapping
xylem
guanine
geographical barrier
biotic
22. Passively floating or drifting flora and fauna of a body of water; consists mainly of microscopic organisms
absorption
plankton
eukaryote
cone
23. Describes organisms that are cooperative in action - such as hormones or other growth factors that reinforce each other's activity
synergistic
selective breeding
vitamin
adaptation
24. One of many tubules that absorb tissue fluid and return it to the bloodstream via the lymphatic system
lymph capillary
nephron
Arachnida
regeneration
25. The male gonads that produce sperm and male hormones
hypothalamus
testes
plastid
heterozygous
26. The mammalian oviduct that leads from the ovaries to the uterus
secondary tissue
nerve
fallopian tube
gonads
27. Cytoplasmic organelles that serve as sites of respiration; a rod-shaped body in the cytoplasm known to be the center of cellular respiration
vestigial organ
mitochondria
synapse
purine
28. A response by an organism to the duration and timing of light and dark conditions
geotropism
hybrid
binary fission
photoperiodism
29. The process by which a certain function is regulated by the amount of the substance it produces
homologous
rickettsia
cerebral cortex
feedback mechanism
30. A mall sex hormone (e.g. - testosterone)
antibiotic
Golgi apparatus
androgen
synergistic
31. A stalklike or elongated body part - usually pointed at one end
seminal fluid
style
vitamin
homologous
32. The second filial generation; offspring resulting from the crossing of individuals of the F1 generation
budding
pollination
autonomic nervous system
F2
33. The extraembyonic membrane of birds - reptiles and mammals that serves as an area of gaseous exchange and as a site for the storage of noxious excretion products
allantois
cerebral hemisphere
blastula
chorion
34. A hormonal secretion of the adrenal cortex
Bowman's capsule
uracil
cortisone
contractile vacuole
35. A purine (nitrogenous base) component of nucleotides and nucleic acids; links with cytosine in DNA
nuclear membrane
guanine
plankton
marsupial
36. A nitrogen base that is present in nucleotides and nucleic acids; it is paired with guanine
exocrine
cytosine
gymnosperm
alveolus
37. The portion of a DNA molecule that serves as a unit of heredity; found on the chromosome
gene
ventricle
Crustacea
thalamus
38. Adrenaline
epinephrine
nuclear membrane
maltose
centriole
39. The type of mating that occurs when an organism selects a mating partner that resembles itself
irritability
assortative mating
platelet
lacteal
40. The outermost bone of the middle ear (hammer)
hormone
cytosine
thryoxin
malleus
41. Usually referred to as ACTH and secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland; stimulates the adrenal cortex to produce its characteristic hormones
vagus nerve
phagocyte
adrenocorticotrophic hormone
thrombin
42. A hormone that regulates water reabsorption
trypsin
phylum
peripheral nervous system
ADH (vassopressin)
43. A period in the development of animals between the embryo and adult stages; starts at hatching and ends in metamorphasis
Mendelian laws
monosaccharide
larva
smooth muscle
44. The diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane - from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration
osmosis
genotype
Eustachian tube
prothrombin
45. A female sex hormone secreted by the follicle
estrogen
isolation
tundra
self-pollination
46. A chemical action that releases energy from glucose to form ATP
polar body
mutualism
germ layer
respiration
47. In taxonomy - a classification between species and family
genus
notochord
phylogeny
aerobic
48. A nitrogenous base such as adenine or guanine; when joined with sugar or phosphate - a component of nucleotides and nucleic acids
purine
medulla oblongata
self-pollination
taxonomy
49. A section of the posterior forebrain associated with the pituitary gland
homozygous
follicle
hypothalamus
uterus
50. Blood protein that is transformed to fibrin upon clotting
fibrinogen
myelin sheath
vagus nerve
biotic