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CSET Science: Multiple Subjects Vocab

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. The law of Octaves was given by






2. Formation of feces - absorbtion of water - absorbtion of salts






3. Which state of meiosis does crossing over occur






4. Change in potential energy - no change in temperature - change in etropy






5. Elements in the same group have similar






6. UV Radiation






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






8. Phase of the water cycle most likely to act as an agent for transportation of sediments






9. Types of glacial erosional landforms






10. A female can replicate her genes very rapidly by producing large number of offspring when food is plentiful during the summer






11. Permit certain chemical reactions to proceed at significant speeds






12. Alignment of sun - earth moon (in that order) - moon and sun on opposite sides of earth






13. Manipulates the state of solid - liquid or gas






14. What force keeps you from sinking into the floor when walking






15. A group of members of the same species found in a given environment at a given time






16. Most common rock forming minerals






17. When a planet is moving around a star - when is it fastest






18. Sunspot activity on the Sun goes through a cycle of maximum and minimum activity every (Cycle first noticed by German astronomer Heinrich Schwabe






19. Power center of an animal cell






20. Nuclear reaction taking place in their thermonuclear cores






21. He discovered galaxies exist outside the Milky Way (1924)






22. Built by succesive lava flows






23. Earthquakes occur most frequently on or near






24. Phase of mitosis that the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle






25. Number indicating concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. A pH of 7 is neutral - less than 7 is acidic - and greater than 7 is alkaline. pH of Solutions: Strong Acid = 1 Weak Acid = 4 - Neutral = 7 Weak Base = 10 Strong Base = 13






26. Relaxation of ventricles within the blood






27. Atoms cannot move at all






28. Covergent boundary where oceanic litosphere is being subducted






29. Loose sediment deposited by a stream






30. Animals - fungi - bacteria - (NOT minerals)






31. Half the moon is lit






32. Large mass of intrusive igneous rock beleive to have solidified deep within the earth






33. The upper limit of ground water - below which all pores in the rocks are filled with water






34. 5 Billion years






35. Reported that amounts of DNA and its nitrogenous bases varies from one species to another - though balance of adenine - thymine - guanine - cytosine is every species






36. Number of protons is atomic number - number of protons and neutrons is atomic weight






37. Explored Venus






38. Most of the water in the alimentary track is absorbed through






39. The name of the compound with formula KCI is






40. Principle elements of the sun






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






42. The develoopment of an embryo to an adult






43. Deposits of glacial meltwater streams






44. The male reproductive organ on a flower is called






45. Electromagnetic radiation of high frequency - very short wavelength (fission - fusion - radioactive decay)






46. Wind blown - no gravel deposits






47. The vertical rows of the periodic table






48. In respiration - sugar and oxygen react to form






49. Due to gravity






50. Measuring time delay between arrival of P and S waves