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CSET Science Vocab 2

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






2. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






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






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






5. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.






6. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






7. 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.






8. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






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






10. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






11. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






13. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






14. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






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






17. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






18. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






19. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.






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






21. A solute the denotes protons.






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






23. Plants that die after one growing season.






24. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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






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






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






28. That part of the body cavity between the mouth and the anus including in most animals the mouth - the pharynx - esophagus - stomach - intestine - and the anus.






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






30. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.






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






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






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






34. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.






35. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






36. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.






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






38. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.






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






40. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.






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






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






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






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






45. The flow of a charge.






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






47. Compounds that are fats and oils.






48. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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







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