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SAT Subject Test: Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A simple sugar
gamete
olfactory
monosaccharide
planaria
2. The site of most digestion of nutrients and absorption of digested nutrients
small intestine
fruit
autosome
chloroplast
3. A process of asexual reproduction in which the offspring develop from an outgrowth of the plant or animal
budding
gametophyte
hydrostatic skeleton
pleural cavity
4. The part of the flower that produces pollen
stamen
pyrimidine
cerebrum
cation
5. An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the follicles in females and the function of the seminiferous tubules in males
embolus
stamen
phototropism
FSH
6. The swelling at the end of an axon
circadian rhythms
recombinant DNA technology
synaptic terminal
retina
7. The description of a plant life cycle that consists of a diploid - asexual - sporophyte generation and a haploid - sexual - gametrophyte generation
guanine
lacteal
alternation of generations
hydrostatic skeleton
8. A network of capillaries in the Bowman's capsules of the kidney
Calvin cycle
glomerulus
Bowman's capsule
cation
9. A stomach enzyme that partially digests proteins
thorax
goiter
pepsin
spindle
10. A pair of chromosome pairs present during the first metaphase of meiosis
cytokinesis
nictitating membrane
test cross
tetrad
11. A digestive enzyme of the saliva that turns starch into maltose (salivary amylase)
retina
thymus
ptyalin
taiga
12. A bundle of nerve axons
autotroph
nerve
vagus nerve
recessive
13. Functional urinary tubules responsible for excretion in the kidney of vertebrates
ganglion
nephron
assortative mating
species
14. An organism that obtains its nutrients from dead organisms
dicotyledon
endocytosis
feedback mechanism
saprophyte
15. An organism that must get its inorganic and organic raw materials from the environment; a consumer
independent assortment
heterotroph
adaptation
prothrombin
16. A sex or reproductive cell that must fuse with another of the opposite type to form a zygote
wood
gamete
carnivore
zygote
17. The coagulation of blood caused by the rupture of platelets and the interaction of fibrin - fibrinogen - thrombin - prothrombin and calcium ions
clotting
monosaccharide
follicle
Porifera
18. An air-conducting tube
synaptic terminal
trachea
cotyledon
codominant
19. A sensory hair structure in the utriculus and the sacculus of the inner ear; orients the head with respect to gravity
cytosine
contractile vacuole
macula
gill slit
20. Compounds in bile that aid in emulsification
phenotype
passive immunity
bile salts
gall bladder
21. One of a pair of kidney-shaped cells that surround a stomate and regulate the size of the stomate in a leaf
endosperm
white matter
primary oocyte
guard cell
22. Fluid skeleton of annelids
hydrostatic skeleton
phylogeny
gylcolysis
medusa
23. A compact linear organization of nerve tissues with ganglia in the CNS
hybrid
nerve cord
Graffian follicle
nucleolus
24. A pyrimidine found in RNA (but not DNA); pairs with DNA adenine
uracil
ptyalin
genus
deamination
25. Organism that consumes food from outside itself instead of producing it
endoplasm
respiratory center
consumer
embolus
26. The primary germ layer - developed from the lip of the blastopore - that gives rise to the skeleton - the circulatory system and many organs and tissues between the epidermis and the epithelium
axon
sensory neuron
notochord
mesoderm
27. Nonfunctional haploid cells created during meiosis in females; they have very little cytoplasm-most has gone into the functional egg cell
plasma
polar body
pharynx
ilium
28. The smallest particle that is capable of carrying out photosynthesis; the functional unit of a chloroplast
osmoregulation
granum
deletion
mutagenic agent
29. A resistance to disease developed through the immune system
immunity
autosome
axon
pH
30. An anucleate red blood cell that contains hemoglobin
iris
erythrocyte
pituitary
mucosa
31. A process of cell division whereby each daughter cell receives only one set of chromosomes; the formation of gametes
active immunity
meiosis
anaerobe
cotyledon
32. An over secretion of thyroid that leads to high metabolism and exopthalmia goiter
hyperthyroidism
coenzyme
Mendelian laws
embolus
33. The inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell or the portion that surrounds the nucleus
endoplasm
aerobe
endoplasmic reticulum
Calvin cycle
34. An accumulation of axons within the CNS that is white because it is fatty - myelin sheath
white matter
atrium
respiratory center
malleus
35. Describes cells (gametes) that have half the chromosome number typical of the species
pheromone
haploid
serum
biotic
36. The inner part of the adrenal gland that secretes adrenalin
pistil
urinary bladder
gray matter
adrenal medulla
37. A body fluid that flows in its own circulatory fluid in lymphatic vessels separate from blood circulation
lymph
geographical barrier
binomial nomenclature
glycogen
38. An air sac in the lung; the site of respiratory exchange - involving diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air in the alveolus and the blood in the capillaries
crossing over
alveolus
self-pollination
contractile vacuole
39. A process of photosynthesis in which water is split into H+ and OH-; the hydrogen ion is then joined to NADP
pollen
seminal fluid
photolysis
thrombokinase
40. A grouping of neuron cell bodies that acts as a coordinating center
ganglion
food vacuole
placenta
pistil
41. A microscopic opening located in the epidermis of a leaf and formed by a pair of guard cells
tetrad
differentation
plastid
stoma
42. An organism that possesses both the male and the female reproductive organs
ethanol fermentation
hermaphrodite
nondisjunction
monosaccharide
43. The dorsal part of the hip girdle
ilium
symbiosis
species
self-pollination
44. A family tree depicting the inheritance of a particular genetic trait over several generations
electron transport chain
genus
pedigree
endoplasm
45. One of the two strands that constitute a chromosome; chromatids are held together by the centromere
chromatid
phloem
NADP
heterotroph
46. The veins that carry blood from the digestive organs to the liver
hepatic portal system
purine
gastrula
Rh factor
47. The failure of some homologous pairs of chromosomes to separate following meiotic synapsis
nondisjunction
stoma
cortex
chromatid
48. The colored part of the eye that is capable of contracting and regulating the size of the pupils
sex linkage
iris
legume
vacuole
49. A large molecule that is composed of many similar molecule units
flagellate
artery
polymer
regeneration
50. A process by which the vesicle in the cell fuses with the cell membrane and releases its contents to the outside
exocytosis
chromatin
polymorphism
feedback mechanism