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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






3. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






5. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.






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






7. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.






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






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






10. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).






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






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






13. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.






14. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






15. 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.






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






17. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.






18. Study and interpretation of fossils.






19. An identical copy of an organism.






20. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.






21. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






22. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.






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






24. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.






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






26. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






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






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






29. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






31. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






32. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






34. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






36. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.






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






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






39. Plants that die after one growing season.






40. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.






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






42. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.






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






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






45. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.






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






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






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






49. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.






50. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.