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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Equinox
Phloem
Chromosome
Rainbow
2. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Mantle
Mirage
Metamorphosis
Germination
3. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Canopy
Magma
Ceilometer
Eukaryotic cells
4. 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.
Marsupial
Neuron
Diploid Cell
Lipids
5. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Canopy
El Nino
Plankton
Insulin
6. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Air Pressure
Mitosis
Carcinoma
Condensation
7. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Bacillus
Diabetes
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Carnivore
8. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Lenticular Cloud
Eukaryotic cells
Blood
Gamete
9. The flow of a charge.
Phylum
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Binary Fission
Condensation
10. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Continental Divide
Jet Stream
Double Helix
Acid
11. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Vernal Equinox
Blood
Esophagus
Fruit
12. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Gut
Phloem
Parasitism
13. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Endoskeleton
Mantle
Niche
Permafrost
14. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Gamete
Wind Chill
Asexual reproduction
California current
15. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Tree Rings
Climate
Core
Carcinogen
16. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Permafrost
Embryo
Absorption
California current
17. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Mitosis
Pupa
Plankton
Intestine
18. A solute the denotes protons.
Blood
Anemometer
Annuals
Acid
19. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Paleontology
Magma
Haploid Cell
Mantle
20. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Bacillus
Enzyme
Air Pressure
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
21. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Blood
Diabetes
Gill
Knot
22. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Fossil
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Reef
Annuals
23. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Carcinoma
Classical genetics
Intestine
Esophagus
24. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Asexual reproduction
Interferon
Embryo
Absorption
25. Evidence of past life.
Blood
Phylum
Fossil
Binary Fission
26. 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.
Kelvin
Atmosphere
Magma
Charge
27. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Circulatory System
Condensation
Core
Chlorophyll
28. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Ecosystem
Flower
Core
Cloud
29. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Parasitism
Kelvin
Climate
Pupa
30. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Phylum
Canopy
Heart
California current
31. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Sonic Boom
Carcinogen
Canopy
Ceilometer
32. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Annuals
Charge
Permafrost
Gill
33. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Core
Magma
Fruit
Classical genetics
34. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Core
Crust
Mitosis
Radiocarbon Dating
35. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Enzyme
El Nino
Alleles
Nerve
36. The study of what causes motion.
Fruit
Knot
Dynamcis
Asexual reproduction
37. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Cloud
Tree Rings
Core
Reef
38. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Asexual reproduction
Chromosome
Kelvin
Ecology
39. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Angiosperm
Commensalism
Meiosis
Embryo
40. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Radiocarbon Dating
Continental Divide
Vernal Equinox
Estuary
41. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
Carcinoma
Deposition
Marsupial
42. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Blood
Acceleratrion
Core
Virga
43. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Central Nervous System
Nerve
Phylum
Pollination
44. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Niche
Convection
Chemotherapy
Ecology
45. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Pollination
Heart
Virga
Cross - Pollination
46. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Perennials
Chromosome
Genus
Phylum
47. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Dynamcis
Placenta
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Ecology
48. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Ecosystem
Insulin
Gamete
Clone
49. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Radiocarbon Dating
Nymph
Acid
Cloud
50. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Plankton
Cloud
Gamete
Marsupial