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SAT Subject Test: Biology
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1. An organic molecule consisting of joined phosphate - 5-carbon sugar (deoxyribose or ribose) - and a purine or a pyrimidine (adenine - guanine - uracil - thymine or cytosine)

2. A cell in the retina that is sensitive to weak light

3. There are two kinds of sex chromosomes - X and Y; XX signifies a female and XY signifies a male

4. Anaerobic respiration the yields 2 molecules of ATP - lactic acid - ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide or some similar compound via the glycolytic pathway

5. A substance that is acted upon by an enzyme

6. A mitotic or meiotic stage in which the chromosomes become visible and during which the spindle fibers form; synapsis takes place during the first meiotic prophase

7. A muscular valve regulating the flow of food from the stomach to the small intestine

8. An abbreviation of nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide - also called DPN; a respiratory oxidation-reduction molecule

9. A nuclear protein of chromosomes that stains readily

10. A major lymphatic that empties lymph into a vein in the neck

11. A kind of microorganism that is between a virus and a bacterium; parasitic within the cells of insects and ticks

12. The ourter part of the adrenal gland that secretes many hormones - including cortisone and aldosterone

13. A flowering plant; a plant of the class Angiospermae that produces seeds enclosed in an ovary and is characterized by the possession of fruits and flowers

14. The removal of an amino group from an organism - particularly from an amino acid

15. A grouping of neuron cell bodies that acts as a coordinating center

16. Deoxyribonucleic acid; found in cell nucleus - its basic unit is the nucleotide; contains coded genetic information; can replicate on the basis of heredity

17. The portion of alimentary canal in which some protein digestion occurs

18. Adrenaline

19. The genetic makeup of an organism without regard to physical appearance

20. A duct that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder

21. Compounds in bile that aid in emulsification

22. Process of aerobic respiration that fully harvests the energy of glucose; also known as the citric acid cycle

23. Fluid-filled structures in the inner ear that are associated with the sense of balance

24. Organism that consumes food from outside itself instead of producing it

25. Random evolutionary changes in the genetic makeup of a population