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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






2. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






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






6. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.






7. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.






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






15. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






16. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.






17. 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.






18. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Reproduction involving only one parent.






26. 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.






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






28. Evidence of past life.






29. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.






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






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






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






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






34. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






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






37. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






38. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






39. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






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






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






43. A solute the denotes protons.






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






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






46. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






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






49. 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.






50. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.