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CSET Science Vocab 2
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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.
Magma
Seed
Summer Solstice
Pupa
2. Evidence of past life.
Insulin
Climate
Larva
Fossil
3. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Jet Stream
Lipids
Mantle
4. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Esophagus
Lenticular Cloud
Deposition
Celsius
5. An identical copy of an organism.
Clone
Nebula
Summer Solstice
Fruit
6. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Intestine
Phloem
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Auxins
7. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Reef
Lipids
Enzyme
Herbivore
8. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Diploid Cell
Acceleratrion
9. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Chlorophyll
Metamorphosis
Atmosphere
Magma
10. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Diabetes
Ecology
Celsius
Paleontology
11. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Haploid Cell
Plate Tectonics
Nimbostratus
Diabetes
12. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Placenta
Niche
Atmosphere
Commensalism
13. Plants that die after one growing season.
Permafrost
Circulatory System
Larva
Annuals
14. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Ecology
Reef
Germination
Endocrine system
15. 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.
Deposition
Isotope
Rainbow
Angiosperm
16. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Asexual reproduction
Acid
Annuals
Herbivore
17. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Weathering
Wind Chill
Alleles
Interferon
18. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Convection
Ceilometer
Perennials
Sonic Boom
19. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Metamorphosis
Genus
Lipids
Altimeter
20. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Enzyme
Seed
Mirage
Wind Chill
21. A solute that accepts protons.
Parasitism
Perennials
Climate
Base
22. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Nymph
Eukaryotic cells
Fruit
Hypothesis
23. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Cross - Pollination
Kelvin
Continental Divide
Endocrine system
24. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Central Nervous System
Endocrine system
Air Pressure
Condensation
25. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Ceilometer
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Mantle
Parasitism
26. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Nymph
Endoskeleton
Angiosperm
Genus
27. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Dynamcis
Core
Climate
Cloud
28. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Core
Moraine
Gut
Mirage
29. The study of what causes motion.
Endocrine system
Radiocarbon Dating
Tree Rings
Dynamcis
30. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Plankton
Estuary
Nimbostratus
Weathering
31. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Ceilometer
Nucleus
Diploid Cell
Nymph
32. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Fruit
Circulatory System
Bacillus
Kelvin
33. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Canopy
Permafrost
Nucleus
Embryo
34. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Dynamcis
Carnivore
Absorption
Ecology
35. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Embryo
Central Nervous System
Pollination
Niche
36. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Summer Solstice
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Pollination
Wind Chill
37. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
Gamete
Virga
Chlorophyll
38. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Magma
Carnivore
Herbivore
Air Pressure
39. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Deposition
Knot
Cell
Chemotherapy
40. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Placenta
Celsius
Intestine
Haploid Cell
41. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Parasitism
Mitosis
Plate Tectonics
Estuary
42. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Clone
Atmosphere
Ceilometer
43. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Diabetes
Charge
Herbivore
Carcinoma
44. The flow of a charge.
Magma
Nimbostratus
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Bacillus
45. 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.
Atmosphere
Nerve
Phloem
Charge
46. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Diabetes
Epicenter
Heart
Clone
47. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Core
Charge
Classical genetics
Plate Tectonics
48. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Annuals
Hypothesis
Double Helix
Ecosystem
49. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Acid
Fruit
Phylum
Enzyme
50. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Weathering
Double Helix
Mantle
Anemometer