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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






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






4. The study of what causes motion.






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






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






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






8. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






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






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






11. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






12. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






13. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.






14. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






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






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






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






18. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






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






21. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






24. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






26. An instrument to measure wind speed.






27. A solute that accepts protons.






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






29. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.






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






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






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






38. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.






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






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






41. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






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






44. Study and interpretation of fossils.






45. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






46. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






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






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






49. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






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







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