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CSET Science: Multiple Subjects Vocab

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. In what layer of the atmosphere does aurora take place






2. The breakdown of mineral or rock minteral entirelyh by mechanical methods - like transport of material by wind - water or ice






3. Kingdom - phylum - class - order - family - genus - species.






4. Make up the nucleus of an atom






5. What organ of the digestive system would carbohydrates enter into the bloodstream






6. Wind






7. A gas is a compressible fluid - with its volume determined by the pressure and temperature of the environment. The volume varies inversely with pressure - a relationship known as


8. Wheelbarrow - baby stroller - bottle opener






9. Discovery on two continents of an extinct plan that lived around the time a Pangaea






10. The simple diffusion of water from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration






11. A kind of light is based on exciting a gas with electrons?






12. Reach seismograph first






13. Only one parent - miotic division produces offspring






14. Iron and oxygen causes






15. Condensation occurs when humid air contacts a cold surface






16. Living things (producers - consumers - decomposers)






17. Carry less sediment than turbulent flows






18. Ingestion - digestion - absorbtion - excretion






19. Water is removed by evaopration and salt is left behind - does not drain out






20. Inherited characteristic






21. Moon is dark






22. Deposited from glacail meltwater






23. Ability to flow rather easily






24. Stars with a cooler surface temperature






25. Clean air amendment acts


26. Covalent compound






27. The moon's path is in the earths shadow






28. Lowering the temperature and raising the pressure






29. The process by which a solid changes to a liquid






30. Lowest 6 miles of the atmosphere - characterized by temperature decreasing with height






31. Acid






32. The filament of a lightbulb is made of a long - incredibly thin piece of






33. Nitrogen fixing bacterium






34. The science of classifying and naming living things






35. (340 BC) Conjectured that the heavenly bodies were affixed to crystalline spheres concentric about the earth






36. A 30 fold increase in the energy release






37. Male gamete






38. The develoopment of an embryo to an adult






39. As the temperature of gas increases - the volume increases (Charle's Law - as temp increases - so does volume






40. Secreted by the liver (green colored) - stored in gall bladder - necessary for digestion and absorbtion of salts






41. UV Radiation






42. Ionic compounds are usually






43. Atoms combine in two ways






44. Directions of currents - type of flow - energy of the currents (no organisms)






45. Elements in the periodic table are arranged on the basis of their






46. The ability of a solid to let liquid to pass through it






47. Mass of larger body - distance between bodies - mass of smaller body (temperature does not affect)






48. Undercutting a slope - earthquakes - heavy rains






49. Tearing food (4)






50. Fungi increases the amount of water and nutrients orchid needs - orchid supplies fungus with carbohydrates