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CSET Science Vocab 2

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






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






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






4. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






5. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.






6. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






7. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






8. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






9. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






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






12. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.






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






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






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






16. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.






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






18. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






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






20. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).






21. 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.






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






23. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.






24. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






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






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






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






29. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.






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






31. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






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






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






34. Study and interpretation of fossils.






35. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






37. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






38. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.






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






40. 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.






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






42. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






43. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Evidence of past life.






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







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