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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






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






3. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.






4. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






6. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






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






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






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






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






11. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






13. The flow of a charge.






14. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






15. Evidence of past life.






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






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






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






19. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






21. An instrument that measures cloud height.






22. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






23. A rod - shaped bacteria.






24. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.






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






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






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






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






29. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






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






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






33. Reproduction involving only one parent.






34. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.






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






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






37. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.






38. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.






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






40. A solute that accepts protons.






41. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.






42. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






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






46. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.






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






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






49. Study and interpretation of fossils.






50. A solute the denotes protons.