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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Glucose
Ecology
Permafrost
California current
2. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Carcinoma
Jet Stream
Plate Tectonics
Circulatory System
3. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Chlorophyll
Carcinogen
Genus
Lipids
4. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Interferon
Clone
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Genus
5. Atoms of the same chemical element with a different number of neurons but the same number of protons. Isotopes of an element have the same atomic number but may not have the same mass.
Haploid Cell
Interferon
Isotope
Canopy
6. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Placenta
Genus
Magma
Neuron
7. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Absorption
Cell
Climate
Carnivore
8. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Herbivore
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Flower
Heart
9. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Gill
Equinox
Binary Fission
Perennials
10. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Haploid Cell
Endocrine system
Nucleus
Epicenter
11. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Pollination
Commensalism
Paleontology
Gamete
12. An identical copy of an organism.
Knot
Phloem
Clone
Atmosphere
13. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
El Nino
Acceleratrion
Acid
Pupa
14. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Circulatory System
Annuals
Embryo
15. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Core
Tree Rings
Nebula
Carnivore
16. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Insulin
Diabetes
Binary Fission
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
17. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Mitosis
Haploid Cell
Diabetes
Bacillus
18. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Angiosperm
Vernal Equinox
Atmosphere
Weathering
19. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Nimbostratus
Central Nervous System
Kelvin
Mitosis
20. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Altimeter
Carcinogen
Alleles
Virga
21. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Endoskeleton
Esophagus
El Nino
Nerve
22. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Moraine
Nucleus
Celsius
Carcinogen
23. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Nebula
Carcinogen
Radiocarbon Dating
Celsius
24. Plants that die after one growing season.
Climate
Seed
Annuals
Absorption
25. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Fruit
Metamorphosis
Angiosperm
Radiocarbon Dating
26. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Clone
Acceleratrion
Plankton
Rainbow
27. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Epicenter
Nebula
Mirage
Chinook Wind
28. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Enzyme
Anemometer
Intestine
Isotope
29. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Embryo
Base
Ceilometer
Carcinogen
30. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Genus
Meiosis
Parasitism
Nimbostratus
31. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
El Nino
Wind Chill
Convection
Glucose
32. A solute that accepts protons.
Seed
Base
Continental Divide
Rainbow
33. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Clone
Haploid Cell
Germination
Knot
34. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Sonic Boom
Atmosphere
El Nino
35. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Altimeter
Lipids
Diploid Cell
36. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Alleles
Nymph
Equinox
Glucose
37. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Climate
Plate Tectonics
Reef
38. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Isotope
Nimbostratus
Embryo
Diabetes
39. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Gamete
Lenticular Cloud
Kelvin
Celsius
40. The flow of a charge.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Pollination
Lipids
Angiosperm
41. 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.
Nerve
Gut
Endoskeleton
Core
42. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Vernal Equinox
Nerve
Cloud
Heart
43. Evidence of past life.
El Nino
Double Helix
Binary Fission
Fossil
44. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Isotope
Auxins
Crust
Perennials
45. 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.
Isotope
Mantle
Neuron
Summer Solstice
46. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Embryo
Nebula
Hypothesis
Estuary
47. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Circulatory System
Bacillus
Wind Chill
Placenta
48. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Reef
Mantle
Acceleratrion
Cross - Pollination
49. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Fossil
Niche
Continental Divide
Jet Stream
50. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Tree Rings
Equinox
Cell