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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. An identical copy of an organism.
Virga
Genus
Parasitism
Clone
2. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Endoskeleton
Chinook Wind
Moraine
Meiosis
3. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Eukaryotic cells
Ecology
Binary Fission
Sonic Boom
4. 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.
Gut
Alleles
Genus
Interferon
5. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Nymph
Asexual reproduction
Isotope
Embryo
6. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Acceleratrion
Rainbow
Endoskeleton
Asexual reproduction
7. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Niche
Chemotherapy
Core
Commensalism
8. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Herbivore
Perennials
Chlorophyll
Mirage
9. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Continental Divide
Mitosis
Base
California current
10. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Circulatory System
Nimbostratus
Enzyme
Flower
11. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Rainbow
Carcinogen
Esophagus
Estuary
12. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
California current
El Nino
Virga
Perennials
13. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Carcinoma
Air Pressure
Herbivore
Vernal Equinox
14. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Equinox
Deposition
Phylum
Central Nervous System
15. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Asexual reproduction
Intestine
Continental Divide
Paleontology
16. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Herbivore
Moraine
Insulin
Atmosphere
17. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Epicenter
Double Helix
Meiosis
Chromosome
18. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Anemometer
Estuary
Nymph
Nimbostratus
19. 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.
Eukaryotic cells
Isotope
Interferon
Fruit
20. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Acceleratrion
Plate Tectonics
Cell
Permafrost
21. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Central Nervous System
Ecosystem
Chlorophyll
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
22. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Blood
Insulin
Classical genetics
Condensation
23. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Alleles
Lipids
Tree Rings
Glucose
24. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Carnivore
Bacillus
Gill
Chemotherapy
25. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Deposition
Chromosome
Seed
Nucleus
26. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Genus
Lenticular Cloud
Carcinogen
Chlorophyll
27. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Heart
Fruit
Estuary
Acid
28. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Angiosperm
Ecology
Wind Chill
Central Nervous System
29. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Gill
Pupa
Interferon
Mantle
30. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Interferon
Dynamcis
Knot
Sonic Boom
31. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Endocrine system
Fossil
Celsius
Tree Rings
32. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Diabetes
Esophagus
Anemometer
Gamete
33. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Nimbostratus
Absorption
Lipids
34. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Condensation
Chromosome
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Carcinogen
35. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Double Helix
Bacillus
Nucleus
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
36. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Pupa
Phylum
Core
Cell
37. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Continental Divide
Crust
Pupa
Pollination
38. Plants that die after one growing season.
Diabetes
Annuals
Paleontology
Vernal Equinox
39. Evidence of past life.
Mitosis
Fossil
Wind Chill
Insulin
40. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Fossil
Charge
Germination
41. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Genus
Binary Fission
Ceilometer
Larva
42. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Carnivore
Gut
Mantle
Rainbow
43. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Mirage
Diabetes
Lipids
Cloud
44. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
Acid
Atmosphere
Alleles
45. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Blood
Flower
Herbivore
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
46. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Anemometer
Deposition
Fruit
Plate Tectonics
47. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Chemotherapy
Nymph
Carcinogen
Paleontology
48. 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.
Insulin
Celsius
Moraine
Atmosphere
49. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Phylum
Nebula
Seed
Continental Divide
50. An instrument that measures cloud height.
California current
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Gut
Ceilometer
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