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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.






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






4. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






6. An instrument to measure wind speed.






7. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A solute the denotes protons.






16. An organism's unique place in the environment.






17. 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.






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






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






20. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






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






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






23. The flow of a charge.






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






25. Reproduction involving only one parent.






26. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.






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






28. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






29. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






38. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






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






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






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






44. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






45. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






46. A solute that accepts protons.






47. Study and interpretation of fossils.






48. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.






49. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.






50. 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.