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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Niche
Nucleus
Eukaryotic cells
Mantle
2. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Equinox
Nymph
Magma
Mantle
3. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Lenticular Cloud
Wind Chill
Equinox
4. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Climate
Marsupial
Auxins
Chlorophyll
5. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Epicenter
Angiosperm
Deposition
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
6. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Glucose
Germination
Air Pressure
Marsupial
7. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Moraine
Esophagus
Magma
Climate
8. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Bacillus
Binary Fission
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Annuals
9. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Flower
Celsius
Mirage
Crust
10. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Nebula
Continental Divide
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Glucose
11. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Atmosphere
Cross - Pollination
Hypothesis
Gill
12. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Fossil
Nebula
Core
13. A solute the denotes protons.
Annuals
Cell
Acid
Moraine
14. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Plankton
Enzyme
Carcinoma
Vernal Equinox
15. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Commensalism
Marsupial
Jet Stream
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
16. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Blood
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Interferon
Pollination
17. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Tree Rings
Annuals
Alleles
Estuary
18. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Intestine
Weathering
Acceleratrion
Auxins
19. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
Chemotherapy
Tree Rings
Ecology
20. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Deposition
Classical genetics
Dynamcis
Metamorphosis
21. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Esophagus
Carnivore
Isotope
Mitosis
22. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Clone
Diabetes
Cell
Esophagus
23. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Esophagus
Celsius
Heart
Phylum
24. 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
Nucleus
Larva
Reef
25. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Equinox
Central Nervous System
Vernal Equinox
Diabetes
26. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Isotope
Epicenter
Ecosystem
Circulatory System
27. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Acceleratrion
Mirage
Flower
Circulatory System
28. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Gamete
Chlorophyll
Flower
Fossil
29. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Neuron
Blood
Herbivore
Auxins
30. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Pupa
Seed
Nebula
Carcinoma
31. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Hypothesis
Wind Chill
Charge
32. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Mitosis
El Nino
Climate
Carcinogen
33. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Paleontology
Placenta
Pollination
34. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Gut
Larva
Meiosis
Nymph
35. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Metamorphosis
Nerve
Estuary
36. The study of what causes motion.
Seed
Dynamcis
Rainbow
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
37. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Condensation
Equinox
Haploid Cell
Ceilometer
38. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Carnivore
Hypothesis
Reef
Binary Fission
39. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Nerve
Fruit
Canopy
Lipids
40. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Bacillus
Genus
Heart
Germination
41. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Cell
Endocrine system
Weathering
Plankton
42. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Kelvin
Flower
Condensation
Double Helix
43. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Herbivore
Plate Tectonics
Phloem
Ceilometer
44. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Atmosphere
Moraine
Dynamcis
Annuals
45. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Plate Tectonics
Marsupial
Nucleus
Herbivore
46. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Acceleratrion
Condensation
Anemometer
Chinook Wind
47. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Deposition
Sonic Boom
Genus
Flower
48. 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.
Neuron
Chinook Wind
Clone
Gill
49. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Placenta
Tree Rings
Phloem
Eukaryotic cells
50. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Metamorphosis
Insulin
Gamete
Endoskeleton