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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.
Metamorphosis
Marsupial
Herbivore
Deposition
2. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Canopy
Estuary
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Parasitism
3. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Air Pressure
Jet Stream
Alleles
Equinox
4. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Nimbostratus
Meiosis
Equinox
Reef
5. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Esophagus
Enzyme
Embryo
Endocrine system
6. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Interferon
Epicenter
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Placenta
7. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Commensalism
Clone
Auxins
8. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Heart
Glucose
Intestine
Interferon
9. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Estuary
Circulatory System
Pupa
Carcinogen
10. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Sonic Boom
Double Helix
Fruit
Niche
11. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Cross - Pollination
Nebula
Acid
Insulin
12. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Flower
Ceilometer
Diploid Cell
Ecosystem
13. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Rainbow
Annuals
Meiosis
Ceilometer
14. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Chemotherapy
Tree Rings
Nimbostratus
Cross - Pollination
15. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Radiocarbon Dating
Wind Chill
Nebula
Chromosome
16. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Absorption
Carnivore
Ceilometer
El Nino
17. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Nucleus
Heart
Marsupial
Clone
18. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Acceleratrion
Fruit
Plate Tectonics
Absorption
19. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Celsius
Absorption
Ecosystem
Circulatory System
20. The study of what causes motion.
Moraine
Dynamcis
Enzyme
Cloud
21. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Estuary
Gamete
Gill
Ecology
22. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Canopy
Hypothesis
Embryo
Placenta
23. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Mirage
Gut
Acceleratrion
Weathering
24. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Binary Fission
Moraine
Larva
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
25. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Diabetes
Dynamcis
Binary Fission
Heart
26. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Endocrine system
Metamorphosis
Chromosome
Carnivore
27. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Anemometer
Core
Perennials
Nimbostratus
28. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Sonic Boom
Classical genetics
Niche
Mirage
29. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook Wind
Diploid Cell
Acid
Cell
30. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Cloud
Isotope
Clone
Mirage
31. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Pollination
Pupa
Mitosis
California current
32. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Weathering
Mirage
Altimeter
Blood
33. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Virga
Gill
Perennials
Acid
34. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Anemometer
Lenticular Cloud
Nucleus
Metamorphosis
35. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Virga
Reef
Perennials
Ecosystem
36. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Sonic Boom
Kelvin
Estuary
Radiocarbon Dating
37. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Gill
Chromosome
Core
38. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Phylum
Summer Solstice
Vernal Equinox
Insulin
39. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Enzyme
Nymph
Chlorophyll
Pollination
40. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Genus
Central Nervous System
Nimbostratus
Canopy
41. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Celsius
Moraine
Asexual reproduction
Heart
42. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Chemotherapy
Phloem
Isotope
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
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.
Permafrost
Carcinogen
Nebula
Gut
44. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Haploid Cell
Air Pressure
Knot
Nymph
45. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Mantle
Nymph
Convection
Ecology
46. The flow of a charge.
Flower
Glucose
Paleontology
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
47. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Convection
Placenta
Binary Fission
Nimbostratus
48. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Perennials
Magma
Nucleus
Reef
49. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Air Pressure
Genus
Central Nervous System
Endocrine system
50. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Insulin
Genus
Ecology
Classical genetics