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CSET Science: Multiple Subjects Vocab

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1. (1805) proposed that substances consist of small particles of matter - which he called atoms from the Greek word for indivisible.






2. Seed plant - require fertilization - Male pollens carried by wind and insects and female ovule. Cone bearing plants - with seeds exposed on cone scales.






3. A moving electric charge will accelerate or speed up in the presence of a ____________ - causing it to change speed or velocity and its direction of travel.






4. Which law of energy states that entropy always increases






5. Proved the atom is largely empty

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6. Chemicals that contain carbon; inorganic compounds do not contain carbon






7. Deposited from glacail meltwater






8. He won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1922 for development of the mass spectograph - a device that serpates atoms or molecular framgments of different mass and measures those masses with remarkable accuracy.






9. An attractive force felt by all forms of matter






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






11. Liquid fuel from the transformation of plant and animal remains






12. The color of a mineral substance when it is has been ground into a fine powder






13. The network of glands and tissues that secrete horomones






14. Filament of a light bulb provides more of this than copper wires in which electricity flows






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






16. Reduction of this has created the greatest improvement in US air quality since 1940






17. Percentage of open spaces in a rock






18. The thick slabs of rock that comprise the outer portion of the earth






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






20. Rock from interplanetary space found on earth's surface






21. Inherited characteristic






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






23. Naturally inorganic compound






24. Smallest particle of chemical elements






25. Caused by glacial widening






26. 'Reflectors' use a primary and secondary mirror






27. Part of a cell is the 'soup' within which all the other cell organelles reside and where most of the cellular metabolism occurs






28. A streak of light produced by passage of an interplanetary particle through earth's atmosphere.






29. Turns a windmill






30. Inside the atom - there's neutrons - protons - and electrons. The neutrons and protons are all stuck together in the middle of the atom - making up the nucleus. The electrons are much smaller than the protons or neutrons - and they move around the nu






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






32. Rocks that are formed from molten material are called






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






34. Produced when sedimentary or igneous rocks are transformed by high temperature or pressure. (Quartz - Marble)






35. Extreme left side of the periodic table






36. Known as voice box






37. Species produce more offspring than can survive - environment is not capable of supporting all organims born - natural selection - favorable variations accumulate - unfavorable disappear






38. Chemical energy is converted to electrical energy






39. Fission






40. General term for the living matter of the cell






41. Store genetic messages - instruct cell how to make many proteins needed for life






42. The process by which liquid changes into the gas phase






43. (1543) earth was not center of universe - but that it evolved around the sun and rotated on its axis






44. Manipulates the state of solid - liquid or gas






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






46. The body's system of protection against invatsion by unwanted organisms






47. Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranis - Neptune - Pluto






48. The rate of change of an object's velocity






49. Element is determined by the number of






50. Includes only the transport of water - most colosely related to process of dialysis - permits small molecules through - but larger molecules are retained filerting out toxic material in the blood