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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Fossil
Endocrine system
Absorption
Deposition
2. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Commensalism
Reef
Carcinoma
Deposition
3. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Niche
Altimeter
Estuary
Hypothesis
4. 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.
Condensation
Summer Solstice
Climate
Enzyme
5. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook Wind
Carcinogen
Larva
Alleles
6. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Perennials
Endoskeleton
Paleontology
Jet Stream
7. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Epicenter
Flower
Carnivore
Magma
8. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Germination
Moraine
Nymph
9. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Asexual reproduction
Ceilometer
Placenta
Carcinoma
10. An identical copy of an organism.
Anemometer
Neuron
Clone
Mirage
11. A temperature scale in which 1 degrees Kelvin equals 1 degree Celsius. 0 degree Kelvin is about -273 degree Celsius. Kelvin is called absolute zero because there is no movement of molecules.
Chemotherapy
Celsius
Kelvin
Chinook Wind
12. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
Carcinogen
Asexual reproduction
Mantle
13. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Canopy
Mitosis
Pupa
Clone
14. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Double Helix
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Marsupial
California current
15. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Sonic Boom
Bacillus
Circulatory System
Lipids
16. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Celsius
Embryo
Anemometer
Permafrost
17. A solute the denotes protons.
Classical genetics
Phloem
Glucose
Acid
18. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Diploid Cell
Vernal Equinox
Wind Chill
Embryo
19. The study of what causes motion.
Marsupial
Weathering
Carnivore
Dynamcis
20. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Sonic Boom
Convection
Lipids
21. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Lipids
Moraine
Convection
22. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Epicenter
Air Pressure
Metamorphosis
23. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Gamete
Acid
Knot
Vernal Equinox
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.
Plate Tectonics
Jet Stream
Niche
Interferon
25. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Equinox
Blood
Isotope
Nimbostratus
26. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Carcinoma
Phloem
Phylum
Cell
27. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Nerve
El Nino
Intestine
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
28. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Diploid Cell
Carcinogen
Hypothesis
Larva
29. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Condensation
Acid
Enzyme
Ecology
30. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Equinox
Estuary
Fruit
Diabetes
31. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Esophagus
Central Nervous System
Climate
Carnivore
32. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Jet Stream
Gut
Eukaryotic cells
Larva
33. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Niche
Tree Rings
Anemometer
Base
34. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Perennials
Climate
Plankton
Asexual reproduction
35. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Cross - Pollination
El Nino
Endoskeleton
Hypothesis
36. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Carnivore
Magma
Nerve
Permafrost
37. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Vernal Equinox
Atmosphere
Haploid Cell
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
38. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Phloem
Acceleratrion
Anemometer
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
39. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Magma
Weathering
Atmosphere
Tree Rings
40. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Enzyme
Celsius
Phylum
Epicenter
41. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Wind Chill
Nucleus
Gamete
Alleles
42. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Alleles
Virga
Continental Divide
Clone
43. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Equinox
Charge
Esophagus
Parasitism
44. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Lipids
Hypothesis
Condensation
Phylum
45. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Core
Nymph
Hypothesis
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
46. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Auxins
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Bacillus
Cloud
47. Evidence of past life.
Auxins
Fossil
Commensalism
Larva
48. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Auxins
Commensalism
Lenticular Cloud
Ceilometer
49. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Estuary
Endoskeleton
Ecosystem
Niche
50. 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.
Commensalism
Gut
El Nino
Cell