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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






4. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






5. A temperature scale in which 1 degrees Kelvin equals 1 degree Celsius. 0 degree Kelvin is about -273 degree Celsius. Kelvin is called absolute zero because there is no movement of molecules.






6. A substance that can lead to cancer.






7. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






8. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






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






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






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






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






14. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






15. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






16. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.






17. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






19. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A rod - shaped bacteria.






28. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






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






30. Evidence of past life.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A solute the denotes protons.






38. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






39. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






47. A solute that accepts protons.






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






49. Compounds that are fats and oils.






50. The flow of a charge.