CLEP NATURAL SCIENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A halogen - ANSWER-An atom whose ground-state electron configuration ends
with......p5 is?
hydrogen bonds - ANSWER-Water has higher boiling point than hydrogen sulfide
because water has strong
conduction, convection, radiation - ANSWER-Energy can be transferred from one place
to another by which of the following?
It will compress and warm - ANSWER-Which of the following is true about a sinking
parcel of air?
Pluto - ANSWER-Is not a planet because it cannot clear debries from it's orbit.
The presence of Sedimentary rock - ANSWER-Which of the following is evidence that a
mountain range was once submerged.
Analogous structures - ANSWER-Reflects adaptation to the environment.
**Body parts that share a common function, but not structure
homologous structures - ANSWER-Reflect evolutionary ancestry.
Halite - ANSWER-Mineral precipitated from seawater.
Shale - ANSWER-A Sedimentary rock formed from mud.
Peat - ANSWER-A material formed early in the process of coal formation.
volatile organic compounds - ANSWER-Which of the following can assist in
communication between plants but can also be a harmful air pollutant?
AR elements - ANSWER-Which of the following element s makes up about one percent
of earth's atmosphere.
Citric acid cycle - ANSWER-Which of the following occurs in the mitochondria?
Ribosome - ANSWER-Site of protein synthesis in a cell.
C6H12O6 - ANSWER-As a result of photosnthesis energy is stored in molecules of
which of the following?
, Fats - ANSWER-A person whose gall bladder has been removed has a decrease ability
to store bike and therefore to digest?
Species - ANSWER-The classification characteristics that defines the genus of an
animal or a plant are usually more general than those defining?
A thickened epidermis and cuticle - ANSWER-Adaptation likely to be found in the leaves
of desert plants than in those of plants that grow in moist regions?
The leaves would be unable to get sufficient water. - ANSWER-If the xylem from section
of tree trunk could be removed, which of the following would most likely happen first?
Chemical - ANSWER-Whereas the ultimate source of energy for most organisms is
sunlight the immediate source is?
Epidermal cells - ANSWER-In embryonic origin, nerve cells are most similar to?
Vegetative reproduction of the New Species. - ANSWER-In many cultivated plants,
favorable characteristics often are created by careful genetic crosses. Best way to
maintain the traits of a new variety with favorable characteristics?
Anaphase I - ANSWER-Homologous chromosomes separate
Species - ANSWER-In the name Homo sapiens, the word sapiens refers to the?
Starch - ANSWER-a carbohydrate are commonly stored in plants in a form of?
All of the son only - ANSWER-A father will transmit the Gene's of his Y- chromosomes
to?
Phosphate in commercial detergents - ANSWER-Increases the growth rate of algae in
lakes and rivers.
All living cells have which of the following structures! - ANSWER-Plasma membrane
tropical rainforest - ANSWER-The following terrestrial biomes type had the greatest
species diversity?
Transmission electron microscope - ANSWER-Instruments to be useful for studying the
internal structure of a chloroplast.
Chloroplast and Mitochondria - ANSWER-A photosynthesis Eukaryotics cell typically
contains?
The chief site of energy production in the cell - ANSWER-mitochondrion
The site of protein synthesis in the cell - ANSWER-ribosome
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A halogen - ANSWER-An atom whose ground-state electron configuration ends
with......p5 is?
hydrogen bonds - ANSWER-Water has higher boiling point than hydrogen sulfide
because water has strong
conduction, convection, radiation - ANSWER-Energy can be transferred from one place
to another by which of the following?
It will compress and warm - ANSWER-Which of the following is true about a sinking
parcel of air?
Pluto - ANSWER-Is not a planet because it cannot clear debries from it's orbit.
The presence of Sedimentary rock - ANSWER-Which of the following is evidence that a
mountain range was once submerged.
Analogous structures - ANSWER-Reflects adaptation to the environment.
**Body parts that share a common function, but not structure
homologous structures - ANSWER-Reflect evolutionary ancestry.
Halite - ANSWER-Mineral precipitated from seawater.
Shale - ANSWER-A Sedimentary rock formed from mud.
Peat - ANSWER-A material formed early in the process of coal formation.
volatile organic compounds - ANSWER-Which of the following can assist in
communication between plants but can also be a harmful air pollutant?
AR elements - ANSWER-Which of the following element s makes up about one percent
of earth's atmosphere.
Citric acid cycle - ANSWER-Which of the following occurs in the mitochondria?
Ribosome - ANSWER-Site of protein synthesis in a cell.
C6H12O6 - ANSWER-As a result of photosnthesis energy is stored in molecules of
which of the following?
, Fats - ANSWER-A person whose gall bladder has been removed has a decrease ability
to store bike and therefore to digest?
Species - ANSWER-The classification characteristics that defines the genus of an
animal or a plant are usually more general than those defining?
A thickened epidermis and cuticle - ANSWER-Adaptation likely to be found in the leaves
of desert plants than in those of plants that grow in moist regions?
The leaves would be unable to get sufficient water. - ANSWER-If the xylem from section
of tree trunk could be removed, which of the following would most likely happen first?
Chemical - ANSWER-Whereas the ultimate source of energy for most organisms is
sunlight the immediate source is?
Epidermal cells - ANSWER-In embryonic origin, nerve cells are most similar to?
Vegetative reproduction of the New Species. - ANSWER-In many cultivated plants,
favorable characteristics often are created by careful genetic crosses. Best way to
maintain the traits of a new variety with favorable characteristics?
Anaphase I - ANSWER-Homologous chromosomes separate
Species - ANSWER-In the name Homo sapiens, the word sapiens refers to the?
Starch - ANSWER-a carbohydrate are commonly stored in plants in a form of?
All of the son only - ANSWER-A father will transmit the Gene's of his Y- chromosomes
to?
Phosphate in commercial detergents - ANSWER-Increases the growth rate of algae in
lakes and rivers.
All living cells have which of the following structures! - ANSWER-Plasma membrane
tropical rainforest - ANSWER-The following terrestrial biomes type had the greatest
species diversity?
Transmission electron microscope - ANSWER-Instruments to be useful for studying the
internal structure of a chloroplast.
Chloroplast and Mitochondria - ANSWER-A photosynthesis Eukaryotics cell typically
contains?
The chief site of energy production in the cell - ANSWER-mitochondrion
The site of protein synthesis in the cell - ANSWER-ribosome
