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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.






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






4. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.






5. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






7. The flow of a charge.






8. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






9. 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.






10. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






13. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.






14. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






15. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






16. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






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






19. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.






20. Plants that live through more than one growing season.






21. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






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






24. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






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






26. Study and interpretation of fossils.






27. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






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






30. A solute the denotes protons.






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






32. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.






33. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






34. An identical copy of an organism.






35. Evidence of past life.






36. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






37. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






39. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






42. An instrument to measure wind speed.






43. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.






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






45. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






47. A substance that can lead to cancer.






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






49. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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