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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A solute the denotes protons.
Acid
Clone
Gill
Ecosystem
2. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Annuals
Plankton
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Kelvin
3. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Summer Solstice
Permafrost
Interferon
El Nino
4. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Lipids
Marsupial
Phylum
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
5. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Insulin
Wind Chill
Gut
Perennials
6. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Hypothesis
California current
Nimbostratus
Eukaryotic cells
7. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Dynamcis
Ecosystem
Blood
Climate
8. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Mantle
Crust
Binary Fission
Anemometer
9. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Convection
Blood
Classical genetics
Seed
10. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Charge
Deposition
Endocrine system
Condensation
11. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Circulatory System
Asexual reproduction
Radiocarbon Dating
12. The study of what causes motion.
Base
Air Pressure
El Nino
Dynamcis
13. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Metamorphosis
Interferon
Double Helix
Eukaryotic cells
14. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Magma
Carcinoma
Embryo
15. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Air Pressure
Jet Stream
Celsius
Nebula
16. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Canopy
Chemotherapy
Angiosperm
Chlorophyll
17. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Double Helix
Core
Air Pressure
18. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Endocrine system
Commensalism
Virga
Convection
19. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Diploid Cell
Commensalism
Charge
Meiosis
20. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Pupa
Gill
Estuary
Classical genetics
21. Evidence of past life.
Fossil
Estuary
Classical genetics
Nimbostratus
22. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Intestine
Dynamcis
Marsupial
Alleles
23. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Core
Nymph
Parasitism
Embryo
24. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Endoskeleton
Deposition
Nimbostratus
Angiosperm
25. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Central Nervous System
Blood
Cloud
Knot
26. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Gamete
Estuary
Angiosperm
Glucose
27. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Reef
Magma
El Nino
Clone
28. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Metamorphosis
Estuary
Permafrost
Equinox
29. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Diabetes
Tree Rings
Chromosome
Continental Divide
30. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Condensation
Kelvin
Continental Divide
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
31. A solute that accepts protons.
Diabetes
Base
Niche
Celsius
32. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Cell
Meiosis
Kelvin
Vernal Equinox
33. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Phylum
Core
Angiosperm
Rainbow
34. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Alleles
Mirage
Genus
Nucleus
35. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Celsius
Nerve
Phloem
Bacillus
36. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Isotope
Lenticular Cloud
Crust
Phloem
37. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Weathering
Anemometer
Acid
Fossil
38. An identical copy of an organism.
Permafrost
Carnivore
Alleles
Clone
39. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Absorption
Herbivore
Endocrine system
Plankton
40. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Reef
Circulatory System
Marsupial
Endocrine system
41. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Endocrine system
Metamorphosis
Endoskeleton
Enzyme
42. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Knot
Estuary
Nebula
Reef
43. 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.
Jet Stream
Haploid Cell
Magma
Radiocarbon Dating
44. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Summer Solstice
Larva
Placenta
Lenticular Cloud
45. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Convection
Heart
Chromosome
Vernal Equinox
46. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Chinook Wind
Meiosis
Epicenter
Vernal Equinox
47. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Ecosystem
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Fruit
Phloem
48. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Auxins
Diabetes
Ceilometer
Gut
49. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Vernal Equinox
Nucleus
Pollination
Lipids
50. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Dynamcis
Cell
Endoskeleton
Virga