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CSET Science Vocab 2

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






2. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.






3. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






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






5. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






7. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.






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






9. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






10. The flow of a charge.






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






12. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.






13. 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.






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






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






16. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






19. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.






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






21. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






22. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






24. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






25. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.






26. A temperature scale in which 1 degrees Kelvin equals 1 degree Celsius. 0 degree Kelvin is about -273 degree Celsius. Kelvin is called absolute zero because there is no movement of molecules.






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






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






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






30. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






32. The study of what causes motion.






33. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






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






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






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






37. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.






38. An identical copy of an organism.






39. Evidence of past life.






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






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






42. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






44. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.






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






46. 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.






47. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






48. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






50. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.







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