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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Gill
Radiocarbon Dating
Altimeter
Weathering
2. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Herbivore
Classical genetics
Heart
Glucose
3. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Commensalism
Metamorphosis
Altimeter
Tree Rings
4. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Permafrost
Knot
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Angiosperm
5. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Niche
Haploid Cell
Permafrost
Intestine
6. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Radiocarbon Dating
Core
Altimeter
Pupa
7. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Ecology
California current
Eukaryotic cells
Enzyme
8. 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.
Fossil
Plate Tectonics
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Isotope
9. 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.
Anemometer
Atmosphere
Circulatory System
Intestine
10. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Endocrine system
Intestine
Lipids
Wind Chill
11. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Niche
Bacillus
Mantle
Pollination
12. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Carcinoma
Haploid Cell
Gamete
13. 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.
California current
Haploid Cell
Summer Solstice
Commensalism
14. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Insulin
Double Helix
Nebula
Marsupial
15. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Kelvin
Air Pressure
Crust
Interferon
16. An identical copy of an organism.
Clone
Hypothesis
Commensalism
Ecology
17. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Intestine
Metamorphosis
Parasitism
Meiosis
18. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Charge
El Nino
Ecosystem
Haploid Cell
19. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Lenticular Cloud
Endocrine system
Marsupial
Asexual reproduction
20. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Summer Solstice
Convection
Metamorphosis
Canopy
21. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Seed
Niche
Epicenter
Germination
22. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Altimeter
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Cell
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
23. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Plate Tectonics
Gill
Placenta
Lenticular Cloud
24. 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.
Dynamcis
Canopy
Jet Stream
Asexual reproduction
25. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Fruit
Kelvin
Germination
Haploid Cell
26. The flow of a charge.
Chlorophyll
Celsius
Genus
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
27. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Permafrost
Perennials
Reef
Phloem
28. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Wind Chill
Angiosperm
Clone
29. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Marsupial
California current
Insulin
Lipids
30. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Lipids
Altimeter
Pupa
Cell
31. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Moraine
Parasitism
Blood
Nimbostratus
32. Evidence of past life.
Air Pressure
Endoskeleton
Gill
Fossil
33. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Tree Rings
Rainbow
Magma
34. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Condensation
Larva
Permafrost
Chlorophyll
35. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Gamete
Classical genetics
Gill
Marsupial
36. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Pollination
Glucose
Isotope
Moraine
37. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Blood
Altimeter
Gamete
Virga
38. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Hypothesis
Phloem
Wind Chill
Fossil
39. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Classical genetics
Climate
Celsius
Core
40. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Metamorphosis
Herbivore
Acceleratrion
Chromosome
41. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Absorption
Celsius
Acceleratrion
Flower
42. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Wind Chill
Base
Commensalism
Classical genetics
43. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Lenticular Cloud
Double Helix
Celsius
Ceilometer
44. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Charge
Enzyme
Sonic Boom
Circulatory System
45. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
Fruit
Canopy
Wind Chill
46. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Virga
Carcinoma
Paleontology
Cross - Pollination
47. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Chlorophyll
Auxins
Nebula
Summer Solstice
48. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Embryo
Virga
Bacillus
Auxins
49. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Celsius
Carcinogen
Placenta
Anemometer
50. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Knot
Summer Solstice
Angiosperm
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