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CSET Science Vocab 2

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






2. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






4. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






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






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






7. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. An identical copy of an organism.






11. A solute that accepts protons.






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






13. A cell that reacts to stimuli and transmits impulses consisting of a body with a nucleus and dendrites to receive and axons to transmit impulses.






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






15. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.






16. An organism's unique place in the environment.






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






18. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.






19. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.






20. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






21. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.






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






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






24. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






25. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






28. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






29. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






30. A solute the denotes protons.






31. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






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






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






34. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






35. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.






36. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






37. Compounds that are fats and oils.






38. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.






39. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.






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






41. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.






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






43. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






44. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.






45. Evidence of past life.






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






47. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.






48. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






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






50. The flow of a charge.







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