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CSET Science: Multiple Subjects Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Scientific theory used to explain the homologous structural changes that have occurred in organisms in the past 10000 years






2. Not an acid






3. Chambers in a heart






4. Mars and Jupiter






5. Plasma membrane - protection - cell interactions - permability - endocytosis - and exocytosis






6. Built by succesive lava flows






7. Chlorophyll - leaves (no seeds or flowers)






8. A 30 fold increase in the energy release






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






10. Move away from each other






11. Receives deoxygenated blood from the superior - inferior vena cava - and coronary sinus pumps it into the right ventricle






12. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine






13. Four groups of plants






14. Power of hydrogen






15. Saturating a slope with water decreases the strength of the slope materials






16. The horizontal rows of the periodic table






17. Lead - Iron - Sodium






18. Cell organelle found in plant but not animal cells






19. The foundation of all ecosystems wherein plants generate their own energy from the energy of the sun






20. One organism benefits and it does not effect the other






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






22. Decline in sun's energy reaching the earth - lower global temperatures






23. Need gravity - water - carbon dioxide - soil - light and pollination to survive (they do not need oxygen).






24. Fission






25. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms






26. Most of the elements on the periodic table






27. Lowest plant life






28. Whales and barnacles - barnacle attaches itself to whale and gets both trasnportation and protection






29. The nucleus of the atom consists of






30. Tearing food (4)






31. Length used in measuring astromocial distances within the solar system equal to the mean distance from earth to the sun - approximately 150 million kilometers (93 million miles)






32. Heat obtained from hot water or steam within the earth






33. The consumption of one organism by another






34. Different versions of a gene in a population






35. Saliva - bile - pancreatic juice






36. An explanation for one or more observations about the natural world






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






38. Science that describes and interprets the earth ex. geomorphology (land forms) - petrology (rocks) - stratigraphy (layered rocks) - and paleontology (fossils).






39. Mantle behave like...






40. Nuclear reaction taking place in their thermonuclear cores






41. The deepest portion of the Pacific Ocean - the Challenger Deep - is located in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific off of Japan.The Challenger Deep in the southernmost Mariana Trench (western Pacific Ocean) is the deepest point on the Earth's s






42. Conduction occurs mainly along






43. Is never in the sky the same time as the sun






44. The number of neutrons euals the number of protons function appears to do this to the nucleus






45. A species or group of species whose impact on its community or ecosystem is much larger and more influential than would be expected from mere abundance






46. The maintenance of a particular temperature of the living body






47. Abiotic feature of the environment






48. Layers of sedimentary rock; singular is stratum






49. Waves are the rings of contraction in the inestinal wall - propelling the food down






50. Warm air from the land rises - and cooler air from the water rushes to take its place