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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Chromosome
El Nino
Alleles
Carnivore
2. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Crust
Mirage
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Deposition
3. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Nerve
Ceilometer
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Rainbow
4. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Esophagus
Diploid Cell
Diabetes
Carnivore
5. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Acceleratrion
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Seed
Diploid Cell
6. An instrument to measure wind speed.
El Nino
Tree Rings
Magma
Anemometer
7. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Haploid Cell
Intestine
Phylum
Acceleratrion
8. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Virga
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Carnivore
Alleles
9. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Condensation
Endocrine system
Perennials
Chemotherapy
10. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Lipids
Bacillus
Estuary
11. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Circulatory System
Pollination
Endoskeleton
Celsius
12. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Phloem
Annuals
Canopy
Clone
13. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Knot
Reef
Absorption
Anemometer
14. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Gill
Phylum
Endocrine system
Estuary
15. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Convection
Nimbostratus
Phloem
Plankton
16. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Chromosome
Neuron
Kelvin
Magma
17. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Chemotherapy
Placenta
Summer Solstice
Circulatory System
18. 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.
Deposition
Flower
Atmosphere
Weathering
19. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Atmosphere
Angiosperm
Interferon
Acid
20. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Absorption
Canopy
Knot
Enzyme
21. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Nimbostratus
Classical genetics
Canopy
Jet Stream
22. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Gill
Ecosystem
Equinox
Paleontology
23. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Nerve
Lipids
Lenticular Cloud
Climate
24. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Plate Tectonics
Radiocarbon Dating
Anemometer
Weathering
25. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Carcinogen
Acceleratrion
Phylum
Radiocarbon Dating
26. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Rainbow
Fruit
Charge
Summer Solstice
27. 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.
Germination
Chromosome
Jet Stream
Nebula
28. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Epicenter
Bacillus
Endoskeleton
Summer Solstice
29. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Auxins
Acid
Nucleus
Eukaryotic cells
30. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Germination
Seed
Radiocarbon Dating
Bacillus
31. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Diploid Cell
Absorption
Insulin
Double Helix
32. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Acceleratrion
Wind Chill
Permafrost
Vernal Equinox
33. 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.
Gut
Intestine
Epicenter
Moraine
34. 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.
Crust
Cell
Eukaryotic cells
Neuron
35. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Air Pressure
Equinox
Reef
Weathering
36. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Chemotherapy
Insulin
Nerve
Lipids
37. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Base
Placenta
Cloud
Eukaryotic cells
38. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Enzyme
Plankton
Equinox
Core
39. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Jet Stream
Lenticular Cloud
Metamorphosis
Bacillus
40. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Insulin
Ecosystem
Placenta
Gill
41. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Flower
Neuron
Eukaryotic cells
Esophagus
42. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Chemotherapy
Canopy
Isotope
Absorption
43. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Carnivore
Knot
Enzyme
Ecology
44. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Esophagus
Vernal Equinox
Nerve
45. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Heart
Virga
Lipids
Canopy
46. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Air Pressure
Carcinogen
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Hypothesis
47. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Kelvin
Cell
Seed
Deposition
48. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Pupa
Permafrost
Climate
Weathering
49. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Crust
Kelvin
Herbivore
Carcinoma
50. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Nerve
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Altimeter
Pollination
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