Biology Clep Test
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- Evaporation of water from the plants when the stomata is open during photosynthesis.
- Transpiration
- Plants need what to make food?
- Water and Carbon Dioxide.
- In photosynthesis, water and carbon dioxide is changed into what?
- Oxygen and Glucose.
- Scientific term for "plants"
- Plantae
- _____ Is how plants take energy from the sun and turn it into food.
- Photosynthesis
- What opens to let in air, and release oxygen in photosynthesis?
- Stomata
- ____ are the small openings on the bottom of leaves.
- Stomata
- _____ is the male plant organ.
- Stamen.
- ____ is the tube leading to plant ovary.
- Style
- ____ is the female plant organ.
- Pistil
- ____ is the openings in the leaves.
- Stoma
- Chlorophyll does what?
- Absorbs sun light.
- Plants create what?
- Sugars and Starches.
- What is a Tertiary Consumer?
- Anything that eats a secondary consumer.( carnivore eats carnivore )
- What are the Primary Producers?
- Plants
- What are meat eaters called?
- Carnivores.
- Anything that eats a Primary Consumer is called a ________.
- Secondary Consumer. ( carnivore eating a herbivore/Primary consumer)
- Animals that eat plants are called _____.
- Herbivores.
- Anything that eats plants is a ______.
- Primary Consumer.
- Eating a plant breaks the _______ ______.
- Energy Bond
- The chemical process from eating food results in ______ ______.
- Free Energy.
- Trees grow from the top or bottom up?
- Top Up
- A fungus or bacteria that absorbs nutrients is called a ________.
- Decomposer
- It is said that the sun creates the _____ amount of energy.
- Most
- Any animal that does not need a warm climate because they do not regulate their body temperature are called _____ _____ animals.
- Cold blooded.
- The protective covering of the eye is called the ______.
- Cornea
- The scientific classification order for organisms is____________.
- Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus , Species.
- Mushrooms are considered to be _______.
- Fungi
- The science of naming organisms is called _______.
- Taxonomy.
- Scientific name for animals.
- Animalia.
- Multi cell organisms like Amoebae are called ______.
- Protista
- a single celled bacteria is called _____.
- Monera
- Similar bone structures are also called _________ structures.
- Homologous
- For humans, what is the complete classification?
- Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Sapiens.
- A _____ ______ is a tool that predicts probable evolution.
- Phylogenic Tree.
- Animals with a spinal cord are classified as a _______.
- Cordata.
- Skeletal muscle examples....
- Striated, around skeleton
- What part of the plant traps pollen grains?
- Stigma
- What type of bird helped darwin realize natural selection?
- Finch.
- Chromosomes carry ______.
- Genes
- List the Major Biomes.
- Tropical Rain Forest, Forest, Desert, Tundra, Grassland, Cahparral.
- Where do the Sperm and Egg meet?
- Fallopian Tube.
- Cistic Fibrosis is what kind of disorder?
- Genetic
- Fertilization done in a lab where the sperm and egg are combined then implanted is called ______ fertillization.
- Invitro
- The ______ is where eggs are developed.
- Ovary
- People with little or no pigment to skin, eyes and hair is called ________.
- Albinism.
- ______ is when the egg matures and breaks through the ovary.
- Ovulation
- _______ genes detmermine what is passed on.
- Polygenetic
- Carbohydrates are ______ and ______.
- Sugars and Starches.
- _____ sac is filled with food for the embryon.
- Yolk.
- Birth control pills signal what to the body?
- That an egg has not attached and the lining is expelled.
- What is an essential source of amino acids?
- Protein
- This is the area in the body where the baby develops.
- Amnionic Cavity.
- this is the excretion track for the embryo.
- Placentra.
- ______ is the process of held excretion.
- Allantois.
- in _____ _____, chromosomes act as a template.
- Cell Reproductionn.
- _____ _____ is when sperm is taken from the male and injected into the woman for conception.
- Artificial Insemination
- ______ ______ is the process of adding desirable traits by inserting genes.
- Genetic Engineering.
- What does DNA stand for?
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- What is a surrogate mother?
- Someone who carries an embryo who is unrelated.
- What is Artificial Implant?
- Its when a Zygote is insterted in a host body.
- Tay-Sachs disease is what type of disorder?
- Genetic
- _______ is a test of amionic fluid.
- Amniocentesis
- Cicle Cell Anemia causes what?
- Abnormal red blood cells that make clogs.
- an Rh factor is what?
- A presence or absence of protein.
- Colorblindness, Hemophillia, muscular dystrophy can all be.......
- Passed down.
- What is a Biome?
- A section of the ecosystem , defined by plant life and location.
- What was charles Darwins ship named?
- The HMS Beagle
- In genetics, Upper case letters mean what?? ( ex.. PP)
-
upper case means DOMINANT,
lower case means recessive. - What is Natural Selection?
- When nature determines what will survive, and what wont.
- What is cancer?
- Its a genetic material that is damaged and causes sporadic cell growth
- What is a malignant tumor?
- It is an unrestricted cancer cell growth.
- What is Atherosclerosis
- Hardening of the Arteries.
- Cancer in which you have too many white blood cells.
- Leukemia
- The thyroid regulates what?
- Your metabolism
- Fats is what?
- A storage area for food.
- What are leukocytes.
- They are white blood cells that fight infection.
- What is yeast?
- A living animal.
- What are the four major tissue types?
- Epithelial, Connectiver, Nervous, Muscle.
- Name 2 examples of smooth muscles.
- Arteries and Veins
- What disease is spread mostly by mosquitoes.
- Malaria
- Who is Louis Pasteur.
- The Father of Microbiology.
- What is it called when you have a lack of vitamin C?
- Scurvy
- DNA molecules consist of how many chains?
- 2
- How many pairs of chromosomes determine sex?
- 1.X & Y
- What is a protein called when it mimics RNA and DNA?
- A virus.
- Chemical use to mill mosquitoes, but very harmful to humans.
- DDT
- How many pairs are in a chromosome?
- 23
- How many total chromosomes are there in a nucleus?
- 46.
- Cells reproduce what?
- Themselves.
- Three types of muscle tissue.
- Smooth, Skeletel, Cardiac
- There are more _______ than any other animal.
- Insects.
- Another word for red blood cells is?
- Erythrocytes
- What gland gives the " fight or flight" response?
- Adrenal Glands
- what do you breath out when you exhale?
- Carbon Dioxide.
- High Blood pressure is also known as________.
- High Blood pressure.
- Cancer restricted to a certain area.
- Benign Tumor
- A built up substance in the arteries is known as ______.
- Plaque.
- If an animal has parasite eggs in its muscles, that animal has _______.
- Trichinosis
- What is vascular cambium?
- A structure on a plant that goes from the roots up to the veins of the leaves.
- Give 2 examples of social insects.
- Bees, and Ants.
- Ultrasound that animals(bats) use to navigate
- Echolocation
- Give 4 examples of Virus's.
- Colds, AIDS, Herpes, Flu, Measles.
- What percentage of the body is water?
- 0.9%
- Ribsome
- Organelle
- Cold Blooded animals are known as _______.
- Ecotherms.
- Heart Muscle.
- Cardiac.
- Which cell ( animal or plant) has a cell wall?
- Plants
- Gametes needed for reproduction.
- 2.
- What is an ecosystem?
- Its the most inclusive ecological area, includes air, water and energy.
- What percentage of the sun is used in photsynthesis?
- .012
- What is Hemophilia?
- Blood Clotting disorder?
- Two fused gametes, first part of a human.
- Zygote.
- How many chromosomes to a set?
- 46
- Who is Gregor Mendel?
- The Father of Genetics.
- Reproductive cells are also called _______.
- Games.
- Chromosomes come in ______.
- Pairs.
- A full set of chromosomes is called a _______.
- Somatic cell.
- Reproducing using just the somatic cell is called________.
- Cloning.
- Glands that produce horomones for major glands.
- Endocrine System.
- Nitrogenous waste of humans is called_______.
- Urea.
- Animals who regulate their own body temperature are called_______.
- Warm blooded.
- Paste like feces of birds and reptiles.
- Uric acid.
- Warm blooded animals are called______.
- Endotherms.
- What does your Heptatic Portal Circulation do?
- It Regulates your sugar level.
- Another word for tree sap.
- Xylem.
- What produces pollen grains?
- Anther.
- What are Pheromones?
- They are scents which insects communicate with each other.
- Scientific Method. 4 Steps.
- Gather information, Generate Hypothesis, Test hypothesis, Revise,