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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.






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






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






4. A solute that accepts protons.






5. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.






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






7. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






8. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.






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






10. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






11. 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.






12. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






13. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






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






17. An instrument to measure wind speed.






18. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






19. An identical copy of an organism.






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






21. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.






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






23. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






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






26. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.






27. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






28. A rod - shaped bacteria.






29. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






31. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.






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






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






34. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






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






37. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






39. A substance that can lead to cancer.






40. 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.






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






42. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






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






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






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






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






47. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






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






50. A solute the denotes protons.







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