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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Charge
Altimeter
Bacillus
Phloem
2. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Germination
Hypothesis
Celsius
3. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Annuals
Pupa
Climate
Fossil
4. The study of what causes motion.
Air Pressure
Fossil
Dynamcis
Marsupial
5. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Perennials
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Haploid Cell
Central Nervous System
6. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Equinox
Binary Fission
Epicenter
Seed
7. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Rainbow
Heart
Endocrine system
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
8. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Crust
Gamete
Carnivore
Core
9. 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.
Ecosystem
California current
Kelvin
Rainbow
10. An identical copy of an organism.
Binary Fission
Clone
Asexual reproduction
Chlorophyll
11. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Nymph
Altimeter
Parasitism
Phloem
12. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
Air Pressure
Germination
Heart
13. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Weathering
Convection
Ecosystem
Seed
14. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Epicenter
Mitosis
Continental Divide
Crust
15. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Chlorophyll
Fossil
Virga
Asexual reproduction
16. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Crust
Altimeter
Carcinogen
Carnivore
17. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Continental Divide
Bacillus
Commensalism
El Nino
18. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Binary Fission
Angiosperm
California current
Clone
19. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Chinook Wind
Deposition
Blood
California current
20. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Knot
Condensation
Plankton
Parasitism
21. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Nymph
Flower
Genus
22. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Perennials
Chemotherapy
Diploid Cell
23. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Estuary
Gut
Nerve
Core
24. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Commensalism
Base
Metamorphosis
Chemotherapy
25. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Charge
Chlorophyll
Carcinogen
Carcinoma
26. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Base
Auxins
Pollination
Core
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.
Isotope
Fossil
Equinox
Altimeter
28. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
California current
Bacillus
Mitosis
29. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Gill
Asexual reproduction
Pupa
30. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Permafrost
Mirage
Summer Solstice
Commensalism
31. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Commensalism
Summer Solstice
Intestine
Tree Rings
32. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Sonic Boom
Moraine
Annuals
Carnivore
33. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Commensalism
Phloem
Crust
Central Nervous System
34. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Plate Tectonics
Cell
Air Pressure
Alleles
35. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Nymph
Radiocarbon Dating
California current
Virga
36. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Ceilometer
Carnivore
Phylum
Genus
37. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Niche
Embryo
Circulatory System
Blood
38. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Chromosome
Enzyme
Magma
Asexual reproduction
39. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Cell
Summer Solstice
Moraine
Herbivore
40. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Blood
Moraine
Asexual reproduction
Alleles
41. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Ecology
Core
Convection
Endoskeleton
42. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Plankton
Plate Tectonics
Endocrine system
Parasitism
43. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Nymph
Blood
Anemometer
Mirage
44. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Chromosome
Hypothesis
Core
Chlorophyll
45. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Angiosperm
Germination
Deposition
Flower
46. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Chemotherapy
Blood
Charge
Canopy
47. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Marsupial
Nerve
Knot
Placenta
48. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Classical genetics
Insulin
Flower
Nerve
49. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Gut
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Paleontology
Vernal Equinox
50. Evidence of past life.
Fossil
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Summer Solstice
Diabetes