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CSET Science Vocab 2

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






2. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.






9. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






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






11. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






13. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






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






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






16. The study of what causes motion.






17. The flow of a charge.






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






19. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






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






22. Reproduction involving only one parent.






23. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.






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






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






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






27. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






28. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






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






31. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






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






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






34. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).






35. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






36. 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.






37. The loutermost layer of the earth.






38. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






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






41. A solute the denotes protons.






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






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






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






45. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.







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