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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
Perennials
Altimeter
Marsupial
2. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Acceleratrion
Carnivore
Gut
Glucose
3. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Mirage
Celsius
Chemotherapy
Diploid Cell
4. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Permafrost
Charge
Endoskeleton
Rainbow
5. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Dynamcis
Endocrine system
Virga
Nerve
6. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Carcinoma
Continental Divide
Charge
Crust
7. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Crust
Cross - Pollination
Genus
Larva
8. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Ceilometer
Embryo
Summer Solstice
Haploid Cell
9. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Commensalism
Circulatory System
Double Helix
Magma
10. 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.
Commensalism
Larva
Jet Stream
Anemometer
11. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Interferon
Knot
Nucleus
Reef
12. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Carcinoma
Plankton
Gill
Gamete
13. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Core
Pupa
Blood
Tree Rings
14. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Pollination
Embryo
Endoskeleton
Hypothesis
15. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Estuary
Convection
Ecology
Hypothesis
16. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Summer Solstice
Deposition
Esophagus
El Nino
17. The Earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen. The troposphere extends from the surface to about 10 km.; the stratosphere from 10km to 50 km.; the mesosphere from 50 km. to 80 km.; and the thermosphere is the atmosphere beyond 80 km.
Celsius
Atmosphere
Bacillus
Base
18. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Wind Chill
Fruit
Chlorophyll
Marsupial
19. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Auxins
Sonic Boom
Clone
Epicenter
20. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Chromosome
Permafrost
Metamorphosis
Niche
21. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Metamorphosis
Nimbostratus
Lipids
Flower
22. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Canopy
Nucleus
Continental Divide
Vernal Equinox
23. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Lipids
Insulin
Sonic Boom
Endocrine system
24. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Perennials
Cloud
Haploid Cell
Germination
25. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Anemometer
Angiosperm
Asexual reproduction
Lenticular Cloud
26. 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.
Commensalism
Altimeter
Neuron
Nebula
27. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Nymph
Carcinoma
Kelvin
Endocrine system
28. Evidence of past life.
Endocrine system
Fossil
Magma
Kelvin
29. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Central Nervous System
Radiocarbon Dating
Weathering
Gill
30. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Condensation
Paleontology
Genus
Celsius
31. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Jet Stream
Interferon
Annuals
Ecosystem
32. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Epicenter
Bacillus
Glucose
Condensation
33. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Summer Solstice
Virga
Marsupial
Epicenter
34. Plants that die after one growing season.
Condensation
Plankton
Chemotherapy
Annuals
35. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic Boom
Chlorophyll
Absorption
Cloud
36. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Base
Vernal Equinox
Diploid Cell
Central Nervous System
37. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Base
Circulatory System
Reef
Enzyme
38. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Knot
Flower
Nymph
Kelvin
39. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Knot
Seed
Alleles
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
40. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Chemotherapy
Alleles
Continental Divide
Larva
41. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Seed
Cell
Nymph
Nebula
42. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Ceilometer
Glucose
Rainbow
Equinox
43. A solute the denotes protons.
Continental Divide
Marsupial
Acid
Larva
44. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Convection
Moraine
Angiosperm
Paleontology
45. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Condensation
Chlorophyll
Plankton
Binary Fission
46. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Cloud
Virga
Neuron
Heart
47. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Altimeter
Nerve
Hypothesis
Condensation
48. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Hypothesis
Interferon
Esophagus
Niche
49. 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.
Blood
Chemotherapy
Summer Solstice
Endocrine system
50. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Glucose
Base
Nimbostratus
Nucleus