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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






2. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.






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






4. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






6. A rod - shaped bacteria.






7. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.






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






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






10. The loutermost layer of the earth.






11. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






13. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.






14. Evidence of past life.






15. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






16. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






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






20. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






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






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






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






24. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






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






26. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.






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






28. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).






29. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






30. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






33. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.






34. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






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






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






37. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.






38. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.






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






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






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






42. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.






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






44. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






45. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






47. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






48. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






49. A solute the denotes protons.






50. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.







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