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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Strong upper wind currents in a narrow stream that flow west to east in the United States. Weather patterns are related to the position of the jet stream - which changes often.






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






3. 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.






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






5. An instrument that measures cloud height.






6. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






8. 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.






9. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.






10. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).






11. Evidence of past life.






12. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.






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






14. The study of what causes motion.






15. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






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






17. Different versions of a gene in a population.






18. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






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






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






22. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






23. An instrument to measure wind speed.






24. 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.






25. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






27. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






28. An identical copy of an organism.






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






30. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






31. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.






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






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






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






35. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.






36. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).






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






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






39. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.






40. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






41. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






43. Plants that die after one growing season.






44. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






46. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.






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






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






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






50. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.