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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Convection
Nymph
Climate
Endocrine system
2. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Climate
Nucleus
Rainbow
Diploid Cell
3. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Chlorophyll
Weathering
Jet Stream
Endocrine system
4. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Mirage
Absorption
Niche
Enzyme
5. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Epicenter
Circulatory System
Seed
Carcinogen
6. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Knot
Chinook Wind
Reef
Nimbostratus
7. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Alleles
Binary Fission
Phloem
California current
8. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Blood
Fruit
Interferon
Lenticular Cloud
9. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Commensalism
El Nino
Nymph
Perennials
10. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Estuary
Reef
Gill
Permafrost
11. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Phloem
Glucose
Nimbostratus
Endocrine system
12. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Binary Fission
Mirage
Hypothesis
Plate Tectonics
13. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Carnivore
Pupa
Seed
Esophagus
14. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Lipids
Permafrost
Kelvin
Fruit
15. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Radiocarbon Dating
Plankton
Perennials
Carnivore
16. 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.
Meiosis
Knot
Chemotherapy
Isotope
17. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Estuary
Phylum
Diploid Cell
18. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
Marsupial
Insulin
Gamete
19. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Cross - Pollination
Altimeter
Air Pressure
20. An identical copy of an organism.
Carcinogen
Acceleratrion
Clone
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
21. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Canopy
Glucose
Anemometer
Esophagus
22. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Endocrine system
Pupa
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Haploid Cell
23. 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.
Intestine
Parasitism
Summer Solstice
Vernal Equinox
24. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Seed
Anemometer
Wind Chill
Endocrine system
25. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Angiosperm
Estuary
Radiocarbon Dating
Acceleratrion
26. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Chromosome
Chemotherapy
Charge
Vernal Equinox
27. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Esophagus
Chinook Wind
Epicenter
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
28. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Kelvin
Heart
Crust
Flower
29. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Germination
Plate Tectonics
Gamete
Mantle
30. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Altimeter
Glucose
Genus
Condensation
31. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Dynamcis
Canopy
Acid
Gill
32. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Tree Rings
Charge
El Nino
Carcinoma
33. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Intestine
Sonic Boom
Chromosome
Gut
34. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Annuals
Rainbow
Gamete
Herbivore
35. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
Angiosperm
Atmosphere
Convection
36. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Double Helix
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Canopy
Crust
37. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Ceilometer
Classical genetics
Double Helix
Weathering
38. 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.
Knot
Vernal Equinox
Neuron
Anemometer
39. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Diploid Cell
Insulin
Pollination
El Nino
40. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Pupa
Eukaryotic cells
Condensation
Gill
41. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Circulatory System
Intestine
Cloud
Esophagus
42. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Jet Stream
Canopy
Plate Tectonics
Intestine
43. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Gamete
Cloud
Permafrost
Heart
44. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Larva
Seed
Alleles
Atmosphere
45. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
California current
Magma
Neuron
Plate Tectonics
46. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Deposition
Larva
Nimbostratus
Virga
47. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Germination
Core
Glucose
Genus
48. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Germination
Nimbostratus
California current
Carcinoma
49. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinogen
Weathering
Metamorphosis
Celsius
50. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Hypothesis
Endoskeleton
Classical genetics
Carcinogen