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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.






2. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






3. An organism's unique place in the environment.






4. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






5. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.






6. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.






7. Evidence of past life.






8. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






9. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.






10. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






11. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.






12. Study and interpretation of fossils.






13. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.






14. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.






15. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).






16. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.






17. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






18. A temperature scale in which 1 degrees Kelvin equals 1 degree Celsius. 0 degree Kelvin is about -273 degree Celsius. Kelvin is called absolute zero because there is no movement of molecules.






19. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.






20. The loutermost layer of the earth.






21. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.






22. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.






23. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.






24. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






25. A solute that accepts protons.






26. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.






27. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.






28. When the sun is highest in the sky and directly above the Tropic of Cancer 23 1/2 degrees North Latitude. This date usually falls on June 22.






29. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.






30. Reproduction involving only one parent.






31. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






32. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






33. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.






34. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.






35. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.






36. A solute the denotes protons.






37. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.






38. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






39. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






40. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.






41. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






42. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.






43. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.






44. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.






45. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.






46. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.






47. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






48. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.






49. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.






50. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.