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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






2. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






4. A solute that accepts protons.






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






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






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






8. Compounds that are fats and oils.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






13. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.






14. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.






21. A solute the denotes protons.






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






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






24. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.






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






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






27. Atoms of the same chemical element with a different number of neurons but the same number of protons. Isotopes of an element have the same atomic number but may not have the same mass.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Plants that die after one growing season.






34. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






35. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.






36. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






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






38. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






40. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






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






43. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






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






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






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






48. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






50. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.