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CSET Science: Multiple Subjects Vocab

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  • 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. Appendix






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






3. Returns to our solar system every 76 years


4. When a photon hits a silicon solar cell - an electron - hole pair is freed. Which side of the solar cell will the hole flow to?






5. Functional unit of nervous system - a nerve cell with short dendrites that carry electrical impulses to the cell body and along the axon






6. The liquid part of the blood






7. Wheelbarrow - baby stroller - bottle opener






8. Extreme left side of the periodic table






9. Clean air amendment acts


10. (1543) earth was not center of universe - but that it evolved around the sun and rotated on its axis






11. Cell organelle found in plant but not animal cells






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






13. Most likely to find cliffs of limestone - dry climate - slow dissolution of calcite






14. Would likey change the sound of a radio






15. Spherical bodies containing enzymes - help in the removal of unwanted substances - help in digestion






16. At plate boundaries


17. 5 Billion years






18. Alignment of sun - moon and earth (in that order)






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






20. A 30 fold increase in the energy release






21. The layer of the atmosphere located above the troposphere in which most of the atmosphere's ozone is found






22. Lava cools so fast minerals cannot crystalize






23. Volume of water flowing past a point






24. Wind blown silt






25. Light passing through raindrops produce a rainbow






26. The rate of cooling because crystals take time to form. Extremely rapid cooling will result in the formation of a noncrystalline rock.More gradual cooling will produce larger crystals in igneous rocks. Microscopic crystals imply a faster rate of form






27. The Andromeda galaxy is how many light years away






28. Collapse of a massive star






29. A specialized form of eukaryotic cell division involving male and female gametes






30. A chemical substance that regulates body processes






31. A sex cell; and egg or sperm






32. The central part of a cell - containing the chromosomes and controlling cellular activities






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






34. A triangular deposit of sediment at the mouth of a river






35. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles






36. A tested hypothesis






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






38. The sum of numbers of the protons and neutrons in the atom of an element is known as






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. Discovere DNA and its bases varies from one species to another






41. Behavior of energy and matter at atomic and subatomic scales






42. Igneous rock of volcanic origin/Igneous rock crystallized beneath the surface of the earth






43. Various metabolic activities of the body need oxygen for energy to produce Co2 as an end product - this exchange of gases at the cellular level is






44. Baseball bat - fishing poles - shovels






45. Main force that resists mass wasting






46. They produce oxygen needed by the animals






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






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






49. Flowering plants which bear seeds within their fruit






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