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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Cell
Auxins
Nebula
Phylum
2. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Tree Rings
Atmosphere
Classical genetics
Pollination
3. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Chromosome
Gamete
Annuals
Moraine
4. The study of what causes motion.
Bacillus
Dynamcis
Binary Fission
Gill
5. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Ceilometer
Binary Fission
Continental Divide
Blood
6. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Classical genetics
Mirage
Mitosis
Chemotherapy
7. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Fruit
Pollination
Chemotherapy
Double Helix
8. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Endocrine system
Metamorphosis
Nucleus
California current
9. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Mantle
Binary Fission
Equinox
Cloud
10. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Reef
Atmosphere
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Germination
11. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Circulatory System
Genus
Insulin
Chlorophyll
12. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Paleontology
Crust
Endoskeleton
Nymph
13. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Flower
Altimeter
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Carnivore
14. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Pupa
Altimeter
Enzyme
Ecology
15. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Reef
Nymph
Gut
Herbivore
16. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Summer Solstice
Annuals
Knot
Mirage
17. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Diabetes
Intestine
Binary Fission
18. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Carnivore
Interferon
Seed
Asexual reproduction
19. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Interferon
Plate Tectonics
Fruit
Magma
20. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Climate
Core
Pollination
Chinook Wind
21. An identical copy of an organism.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Haploid Cell
Lenticular Cloud
Clone
22. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Phylum
Ceilometer
23. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Tree Rings
Lenticular Cloud
Metamorphosis
Auxins
24. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Charge
Flower
Nebula
Enzyme
25. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Paleontology
Radiocarbon Dating
Placenta
Phloem
26. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Estuary
Anemometer
Carcinogen
Genus
27. A solute that accepts protons.
Mantle
California current
Ecology
Base
28. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Lenticular Cloud
Vernal Equinox
Ceilometer
Permafrost
29. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Central Nervous System
Ceilometer
Jet Stream
Perennials
30. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Chinook Wind
Vernal Equinox
Chromosome
Neuron
31. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Nymph
Phylum
Enzyme
Pollination
32. That part of the body cavity between the mouth and the anus including in most animals the mouth - the pharynx - esophagus - stomach - intestine - and the anus.
Asexual reproduction
Gut
Dynamcis
Base
33. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Meiosis
Nebula
Flower
Diploid Cell
34. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Chlorophyll
Phylum
Endocrine system
Asexual reproduction
35. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Diabetes
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Haploid Cell
Nebula
36. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Altimeter
Genus
Condensation
Phylum
37. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Epicenter
Binary Fission
Endoskeleton
Deposition
38. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Moraine
Isotope
Radiocarbon Dating
Wind Chill
39. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Condensation
Gamete
Metamorphosis
Ecosystem
40. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Gamete
Cloud
Annuals
Fruit
41. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Acid
Esophagus
Glucose
Chemotherapy
42. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Nerve
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Esophagus
Radiocarbon Dating
43. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Parasitism
Haploid Cell
Neuron
Celsius
44. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Paleontology
Mitosis
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Nymph
45. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Fruit
Diploid Cell
Core
Chromosome
46. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Auxins
Hypothesis
California current
Chemotherapy
47. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Fossil
Commensalism
Embryo
Nebula
48. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Bacillus
Celsius
Gut
Herbivore
49. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Chemotherapy
Clone
Ecosystem
Diabetes
50. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Marsupial
California current
Plate Tectonics
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