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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.






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






3. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






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






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






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






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






9. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






10. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






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






14. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






15. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






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






18. 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.






19. A solute the denotes protons.






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






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






22. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






23. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.






24. An instrument to measure wind speed.






25. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






27. A solute that accepts protons.






28. The flow of a charge.






29. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






31. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






34. 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.






35. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






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






37. Evidence of past life.






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






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






40. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






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






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






43. 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.






44. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






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






47. The study of what causes motion.






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






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






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