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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. That part of the body cavity between the mouth and the anus including in most animals the mouth - the pharynx - esophagus - stomach - intestine - and the anus.
Gut
Epicenter
Pollination
Gamete
2. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Clone
Interferon
Glucose
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
3. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Larva
Angiosperm
Endoskeleton
Chemotherapy
4. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Fruit
Mantle
Climate
El Nino
5. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Diploid Cell
Genus
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Blood
6. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Endoskeleton
Knot
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Gut
7. An identical copy of an organism.
Clone
Neuron
Magma
Carcinoma
8. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Marsupial
Classical genetics
Acceleratrion
Chlorophyll
9. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Summer Solstice
Carcinogen
Enzyme
Plate Tectonics
10. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Continental Divide
Niche
Nebula
11. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Isotope
Circulatory System
Niche
12. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Herbivore
Nebula
Glucose
Annuals
13. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Charge
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Weathering
Flower
14. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Radiocarbon Dating
Canopy
Seed
Bacillus
15. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Chemotherapy
Fossil
Cloud
Acceleratrion
16. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Esophagus
Pupa
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Embryo
17. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Condensation
Nimbostratus
Ceilometer
Esophagus
18. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Ceilometer
Haploid Cell
Clone
Glucose
19. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Paleontology
Jet Stream
Rainbow
Interferon
20. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Continental Divide
Reef
Heart
Epicenter
21. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
El Nino
Celsius
Intestine
Deposition
22. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Carnivore
Commensalism
Magma
Alleles
23. Strong upper wind currents in a narrow stream that flow west to east in the United States. Weather patterns are related to the position of the jet stream - which changes often.
Central Nervous System
Radiocarbon Dating
Wind Chill
Jet Stream
24. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Gut
Gill
Climate
Cell
25. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Pollination
Phloem
Rainbow
Kelvin
26. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Herbivore
Magma
Alleles
Chinook Wind
27. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Annuals
Convection
Epicenter
Insulin
28. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Air Pressure
Auxins
Jet Stream
Gamete
29. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Angiosperm
Double Helix
Moraine
Nebula
30. Plants that die after one growing season.
Deposition
Pollination
Isotope
Annuals
31. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Plate Tectonics
Heart
Mantle
Binary Fission
32. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Isotope
Asexual reproduction
Nimbostratus
Fruit
33. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Embryo
Enzyme
Canopy
Absorption
34. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Moraine
Phylum
Flower
Sonic Boom
35. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Embryo
Ceilometer
Plankton
Acceleratrion
36. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Asexual reproduction
Condensation
Larva
Chinook Wind
37. The flow of a charge.
Heart
El Nino
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Nucleus
38. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Eukaryotic cells
Lenticular Cloud
Climate
Genus
39. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
California current
Annuals
Ceilometer
Enzyme
40. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Mantle
Permafrost
Glucose
Niche
41. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Marsupial
Parasitism
Annuals
Permafrost
42. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Haploid Cell
Acceleratrion
Hypothesis
Magma
43. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Plankton
Dynamcis
Mirage
Acceleratrion
44. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Carcinoma
Metamorphosis
Climate
Equinox
45. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Angiosperm
Glucose
Celsius
Weathering
46. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Altimeter
Radiocarbon Dating
Enzyme
Asexual reproduction
47. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Ceilometer
Paleontology
Circulatory System
48. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Endocrine system
Larva
Asexual reproduction
49. Atoms of the same chemical element with a different number of neurons but the same number of protons. Isotopes of an element have the same atomic number but may not have the same mass.
Isotope
Chromosome
Embryo
Perennials
50. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Diabetes
Acceleratrion
Gill
Heart