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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. Electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom in a sort of fuzzy shell. Each 'shell' is a regular and exact distance from the nucleus. An electron has a particular and exact amount of energy while it's in a particular shell






2. Would likey change the sound of a radio






3. Most of the elements on the periodic table






4. Circular colored bands produced by the refraction and reflection of sunlight by a sheet of raindrops. The sun must be behind the observer






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






6. Limestone - a rock that forms from the shelly remains of organisms






7. The weight of the objects has no effect on the falling rate






8. Covalent compound






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






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






11. Why P and S waves arrive at seismograph at different times






12. Earth gravity pulls the spaceship and astronaut - but no force pulls the astronaut to the ship






13. Inherited characteristic






14. First phase of mitosis - it begins with the division of centriole






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






16. Condensation occurs when humid air contacts a cold surface






17. Process by which plants convert light to chemical energy stored in foods. Chloraphyl is necessary to trap light energy for photosynthetic reaction.






18. Contraction of ventricles is known as






19. Which state of meiosis does crossing over occur






20. An egg; a female gamete






21. Food from mouth to stomach through the






22. Crust is how many miles down






23. Featherlike clouds that indicate fair weather






24. The ________ of Hardness measures a substance's hardness - that is - how resistant that substance is to being scratched. This scale was invented by Austrian mineralogist Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839). Here - one substance is harder than another if it ca


25. A gas is a compressible fluid - with its volume determined by the pressure and temperature of the environment. The volume varies inversely with pressure - a relationship known as


26. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable offspring






27. Chewing and Grinding (12)






28. The study of what causes motion






29. The thermal energy of the metal lid increased - its particles spread out - and the substance expanded






30. Sitting at the top of a slope






31. Renewable energy source - less dependency on fossil lfuels - possible reduction in greenhouse gasses






32. The filament of a lightbulb is made of a long - incredibly thin piece of






33. Thick shell surrounding earths core






34. Contain a lot of grains courser than sand - and often contain appreciable amounts of sand






35. Chemical messangers produced in one tissue and carried by the blood to act on other parts of the body






36. Weekenend narrow zones in tectonic plates






37. Secreted by the stomach it contains acids and enzymes that help in digestion of food






38. Layers of sedimentary rock; singular is stratum






39. Light passing through raindrops produce a rainbow






40. 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






41. As the temperature of gas increases - the volume increases (Charle's Law - as temp increases - so does volume






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






43. Decantation - precipitation - distillation






44. Deposits of glacial meltwater streams






45. No change takes place (energy must be added to produce H20






46. 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.






47. Existence of sediments and fill near the shorline






48. Miles from earth to sun






49. The color observed depends on the color reflected and how the object absorbs the other colors






50. Defficiency of hemoglobin