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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






4. The flow of a charge.






5. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.






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






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






8. 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.






9. An instrument to measure wind speed.






10. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






11. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






12. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






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






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






17. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






23. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






24. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






26. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






28. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.






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






30. 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.






31. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






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






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






36. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.






37. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






38. 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.






39. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






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






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






44. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






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






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






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






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






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