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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
El Nino
Carnivore
Enzyme
Air Pressure
2. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Fruit
Plankton
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Cloud
3. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Central Nervous System
Marsupial
Ceilometer
Reef
4. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic Boom
Fossil
Blood
Embryo
5. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Eukaryotic cells
Vernal Equinox
Dynamcis
Chinook Wind
6. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Larva
Chlorophyll
Absorption
7. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Continental Divide
Virga
Isotope
Acceleratrion
8. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Paleontology
Mantle
Perennials
Ecology
9. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
Insulin
Heart
Gut
10. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Central Nervous System
Placenta
Plankton
Climate
11. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Nimbostratus
Fossil
Continental Divide
Estuary
12. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Auxins
Chinook Wind
Wind Chill
Nucleus
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.
Core
Jet Stream
Phylum
Summer Solstice
14. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Charge
Phylum
Wind Chill
Crust
15. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Rainbow
Double Helix
Asexual reproduction
Placenta
16. A solute that accepts protons.
Lenticular Cloud
Commensalism
Tree Rings
Base
17. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Permafrost
Base
California current
18. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Annuals
Cloud
Mantle
Haploid Cell
19. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Marsupial
Paleontology
Isotope
Embryo
20. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Dynamcis
Equinox
Metamorphosis
Carcinoma
21. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Classical genetics
Central Nervous System
Ecosystem
Deposition
22. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Reef
Interferon
Chemotherapy
Ecosystem
23. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Double Helix
Air Pressure
Blood
Gill
24. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Neuron
Interferon
Carcinoma
Air Pressure
25. A solute the denotes protons.
Reef
Acid
Tree Rings
Canopy
26. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Cell
Moraine
Cloud
Glucose
27. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Equinox
El Nino
Perennials
Rainbow
28. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Mantle
Eukaryotic cells
Weathering
Nymph
29. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Angiosperm
Nerve
Meiosis
Nebula
30. An identical copy of an organism.
Clone
Tree Rings
Haploid Cell
Larva
31. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Endocrine system
Diploid Cell
Mirage
Mantle
32. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Eukaryotic cells
Continental Divide
California current
Marsupial
33. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Fossil
Germination
Meiosis
Perennials
34. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Eukaryotic cells
Auxins
Ecosystem
Nymph
35. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Marsupial
Virga
Germination
Rainbow
36. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Flower
Auxins
California current
Nimbostratus
37. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Glucose
Climate
Diploid Cell
Gut
38. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Anemometer
Radiocarbon Dating
Vernal Equinox
Hypothesis
39. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Cell
Climate
Flower
Wind Chill
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.
Classical genetics
Blood
Neuron
Auxins
41. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Binary Fission
Diploid Cell
Commensalism
El Nino
42. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Esophagus
Nebula
Chinook Wind
43. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Carcinoma
Commensalism
Intestine
Vernal Equinox
44. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Pupa
Interferon
Ceilometer
Equinox
45. Evidence of past life.
Meiosis
Chemotherapy
Fossil
Lenticular Cloud
46. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Condensation
Sonic Boom
Nerve
Alleles
47. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Plate Tectonics
Chromosome
Interferon
Clone
48. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Embryo
Asexual reproduction
Paleontology
Auxins
49. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Celsius
Absorption
Larva
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
50. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Diabetes
Insulin
Larva
Wind Chill