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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. A ridge made of till






2. Discovered that every body increases its speed at the same rate - no matter what the weight. Died while under house arrest for supporting the view that the Sun - not the Earth - was the center of the universe






3. The liquid part of the blood






4. Acid contains this - and is loosley bound






5. Composed primarly of gas (gas giants) also Jupiter - Uranis and Neptune






6. No charge - resides in the nucleus






7. Existence of sediments and fill near the shorline






8. Undercutting a slope - earthquakes - heavy rains






9. Collapse of a smallor midsize star






10. Shortest wavelength in a rainbow






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






12. Sex cells produced through meiosis in males and females






13. Electricity is a fundamental force of nature that results from






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






15. The bases are hydroxide ions of






16. 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.






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






18. Hertzsprung - Russell diagram of spectral class - our sun is classified as






19. The light that is reflected by each






20. Rock composed of partly decayed and compressed plant material






21. Loss of transparency of lens






22. In order to measure the density of an object - you need to know it's mass and volume. Density = Mass/Volume. For nonregular shapes like rocks - you would find the volume by filling a beaker with water to a given level - add the rock and see where the






23. 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






24. Abiotic feature of the environment






25. Can create volcano or chain of volcanic islands






26. Four groups of plants






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






28. The law that 'the properties of elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers' was given by






29. Schist - marble - quartzite - slate -






30. Baseball bat - fishing poles - shovels






31. Undercutting a slope - earthquakes - heavy rains






32. Percentage of open spaces in a rock






33. An attractive force felt by all forms of matter






34. The series of forms that an organism takes as it lives and reproduces is called ?






35. Collapse of a massive star






36. Wind






37. The union of gametes to form a zygote






38. The space exactly between two magnets has the weakest magnetic field






39. Two plates slide laterally past each other






40. Element is determined by the number of






41. A sex cell; and egg or sperm






42. Molecules that store and transfer genetic information






43. One of two alternative genetic traits which is masked in a heterozygous individual






44. Cell mobility and shape - Glycolysis






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






46. 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






47. Animals temperature that varies with the surroundings






48. Stars with a cooler surface temperature






49. Caused by river erosion






50. Smallest plant on the Solar System