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CSET Science: Biology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The walls of a plant cell
pivot joint
cerebrospinal fluid
cellulose
kidneys
2. Single celled creatures that are too small to see and have a nucleus and live in moist or wet surroundings
protists
polyps
lobes
genome
3. Senses that are related to the body - like touch
parathyroid gland
autonomic nervous system
somatic senses
vocal folds
4. Angiosperms that have two seed leaves inside their seeds
ball and socket joint
tissues
lobster pot trap
dicots
5. A group of mammals that lays eggs
DNA
monocots
monotremes
vocal folds
6. An aquatic invertabrate that has tentacles - including anemones and jellyfish
lens
epidermis
cnidarians
spicules
7. Anthropods that are the most adaptable insects all over the world. they have a hard exoskeleton and jointed limbs and eight legs - like spiders and scorpions and mites and ticks
pancreas
carbohydrate
ventricle
arachnids
8. A group of mammals whose children develop in the placenta - a sac - like organ filled with fluid that nourishes the growing embryo
urine
arthropods
pituitary gland
placental mammals
9. A transport tissue found in plants that water travels from the roots to the leaves through...also known as wood
apoda
xylem
hammer
cartilagenous fish
10. Protists that live on decaying plants and animals - like slime mold
green algae
double hellix
semen
fungus - like protists
11. The outer layer of a cell that serves as a wall to let food in and let waste out
cell membrane
true vocal chords
urethra
incisors
12. The hard outer layer of the tooth
diatoms
enamel
nervous system
mRNA
13. A protozoan that has a pseudopod to move around with and to eat with.
ameboids
sperm cells
phytoplankton
taste buds
14. The shape that DNA is formed within
double hellix
cornea
estrogen
vacuoles
15. A cup shaped growth with liquid inside that is found in carivorous plants - like the pitcher plant
olfactory membrane
sessile
pitfall trap
ribosomes
16. Big blocks of food that stay in the teeth and release bacteria
plaque
golgi bodies
mechanical digestion
compact bone
17. The tiny nerve endings at the bottom of the skin
asynmetric animals
pulp
dermis
heart
18. A protozoa that cannot move on its own and depends on living bodies for transport
melanin
sprozoa
rectum
fungi
19. The center of the chromosome that holds the structure together
centromere
recessive trait
urethra
asynmetric animals
20. Fibers of the dermis that gives the skin its structure - elasticity - and strength
cellulose
sensory neurons
elastin and collagen
heart
21. Human body system that protects insides including skin - hair - and nails
digestive system
blood
metabolism
integumentary system
22. Also known as the erythrocyte - cells found in blood that carry oxygen to cells
swim bladder
sound waves
red blood cell
urinary system
23. Any place where two or more bones meet
bone marrow
follicles
joint
rods
24. One of the five senses that is experienced all over the body
reptiles
touch
proprioception
pituitary gland
25. Organs that a fish uses to move through the water
fins
penis
pancreas
neurotransmitters
26. The stems at the edge of the flower that contain the male sex cells called pollen
dendrites
metamorphosis
vertebrates
stamen
27. Animals that have hair - breathe air - and nurse their young
mammals
chloroplasts
chlorophyll
animal - like protist
28. Neurons transmit signals from your central nervous system to your muscles - telling them to move
frontal lobe
motor neurons
RNA
ameboids
29. A fine lightly colored hair that covers your body when you are a baby
green algae
lanugo hair
norepinephrine
peritonitis
30. Human body system made up of bones that hold the body up and protect the vital organs of the system
skeletal system
compound eyes
skeletal muscles
air sacs
31. The process in which the body collects oxygen
brain
lizards
breathing
chitin
32. Sense of touch that allows one to feel where they are in space
prokaryotic
proprioception
cerebrospinal fluid
metabolism
33. The way that eukaryotic cells divide to help cause growth. The nucleus of one cell divides into two identical nuclei
mitosis
gills
bladder trap
cytosine - guanine - adenine - thymine
34. The long strands that DNA comes in. Two DNA molecules held together by a central structure
taste buds
ball and socket joint
chromosomes
prophase
35. A neuron cell's body
soma
archaea
cillia
xylem
36. Heart chamber that is filled with blood that was used by the body and needs to go back to the lungs for more oxygen
pineal gland
photoreceptive
sprozoa
right atrium
37. Joints found in vertebrae that slide in a back and forth motion
ligaments
gliding joints
hypothalamus
conifers
38. Tails that plant - like protists use to transport themselves
pollination
proteins
flagellum
spiracles
39. Algae that has chlorophyll - but also has a red pigment which helps them absorb sunlight from deep underwater
conifers
cornea
salivary glands
red algae
40. Also known as ribosonal RNA and is located inside the ribosomes
photoreceptive
cillia
lungs
rRNA
41. The act of selecting genes carefully that lead to a better yield of good characteristics
hammer
genetic modification
pituitary gland
cavity
42. Glands in women and men that produce the sex cells for reproduction
ovaries and testes
echnioderm
cerebellum
urethra
43. A type of reptile that has no limbs
euglenoids
dominant trait
salivary glands
snakes
44. A green pigment found inside the chloroplasts of leaves. It traps the energy of the sunlight
mandibles
telophase
chlorophyll
anura
45. The sum of an organism's genes
integumentary system
genome
kidneys
protists
46. Organ at the bottom of the body that fills up with the urine transported from the kidneys
somatic nervous system
bladder
sphincteres
gymnosperms
47. The portion of the ear that is seen and has ridges that bounces soundwaves into the middle ear
outer ear
white blood cells
phloem
pancreas
48. Glands in the skin that produce sweat
sweat glands
prophase
alveoli
hair cells
49. A language involving hands that is used by deaf people
chlorophyll
gills
sign language
nephrons
50. Organ beneath the papillae of a tongue that enables one to taste things
taste buds
hypodermis
plasma
flagellates