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CSET Science: Multiple Subjects Vocab

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  • 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. Collapse of a massive star






2. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmoshere than can form high or low pressure areas






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






4. Detected over the Antarctic region - potential to change the genetic structure of the phtoplankton - increase in skin cancer






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






6. Inkblot test - subject says what he/she sees






7. Exchange of air occurs in these 'air sacs'






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






9. The force that musts be overcome to set an object in motion






10. Have more energy to tranport sediment than laminar flows






11. Glows in the upper part of the atmosphere of a planet caused by atomic particles in the solar wind






12. The process by which a gas changes directly to the solid phase






13. The relationship between an objects mass m - it's acceleration a - and the applied force F is F=ma. Acceleration and force are vectors; in this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.






14. At plate boundaries


15. Rocks along mid - ocean ranges are primarily






16. A solute that accepts protons






17. Mitochondria are responsible for the oxidation of food






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






19. The sun is hidden by the moon






20. A community and its abiotic environment






21. Diagnostic of a sedimentary rock






22. Wind blown silt






23. Solid - liquid - gas - plasma






24. Atoms combine in two ways






25. Carry less sediment than turbulent flows






26. Living things (producers - consumers - decomposers)






27. Primitve with lack of roots - (seaweed - fungi - mold - yeast)






28. Types of glacial erosional landforms






29. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that processes and stores information






30. Reach seismograph first






31. Sodium is very reactive and may burn on exposure to air - hence it is kept under






32. Tearing food (4)






33. No charge - resides in the nucleus






34. Form over tropics and is warm






35. Based on the number of protons in the nucleus






36. Neutral particles with mass






37. 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






38. Stellar explosion






39. Proof of model of DNA replication suggested by Watson and Crick came from (referred to as the most beautiful experiment in biology) showed DNA replication is semi - conservative






40. Widest variety of rocks to be found






41. In a solution - the substance that does the dissolving; what is dissolved is known and the solute






42. Element is determined by the number of






43. Making electricity using water power






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






45. Lemon juice is






46. He succeeded in working out a picture of atomic structure that - with later improvements - still serves as an elucidation of the physical and chemical properties of elements






47. Why the small intestine track is so long






48. Science of life






49. Most of the power that drives earth's biological - geophysical and geochemical surface processes comes from






50. Moves around the sun - appears to have a dense core and firey halo - really very cold and has solar wind matter forming a tail