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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.






2. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






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






5. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






6. An instrument to measure wind speed.






7. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.






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






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






10. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.






11. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






12. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






14. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






16. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.






17. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.






18. The Earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen. The troposphere extends from the surface to about 10 km.; the stratosphere from 10km to 50 km.; the mesosphere from 50 km. to 80 km.; and the thermosphere is the atmosphere beyond 80 km.






19. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.






20. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






22. Study and interpretation of fossils.






23. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






24. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.






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






26. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






27. 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.






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






29. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






30. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






32. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.






33. 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.






34. A cell that reacts to stimuli and transmits impulses consisting of a body with a nucleus and dendrites to receive and axons to transmit impulses.






35. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






36. Compounds that are fats and oils.






37. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






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






39. A rod - shaped bacteria.






40. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






41. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






42. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.






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






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






45. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






47. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






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






50. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.







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