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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.






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






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






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






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






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






7. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






8. Study and interpretation of fossils.






9. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






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






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






12. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






13. 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.






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






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






16. A solute that accepts protons.






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






18. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.






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






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






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






22. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






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






24. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






25. A solute the denotes protons.






26. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






27. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.






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






29. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






30. An identical copy of an organism.






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






32. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






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






34. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






35. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






36. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






37. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






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






40. 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.






41. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






42. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






44. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






45. Evidence of past life.






46. Different versions of a gene in a population.






47. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.






48. Reproduction involving only one parent.






49. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.






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