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CSET Science Vocab 2

Subjects : cset, science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.






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






3. Evidence of past life.






4. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






5. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






6. A solute the denotes protons.






7. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






8. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






10. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.






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






12. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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






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






15. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






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






17. Different versions of a gene in a population.






18. Plants that live through more than one growing season.






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






20. The flow of a charge.






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






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






23. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.






24. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






25. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






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






27. The study of what causes motion.






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.






34. 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.






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






36. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






38. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






39. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






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






41. 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.






42. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






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






46. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






48. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






50. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.