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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Bacillus
Angiosperm
Nymph
Glucose
2. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Circulatory System
Marsupial
Herbivore
Absorption
3. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Nerve
Cross - Pollination
Mantle
Canopy
4. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Bacillus
Condensation
Genus
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
5. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Marsupial
Herbivore
Ecosystem
Double Helix
6. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Anemometer
Magma
Auxins
Condensation
7. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Mitosis
Weathering
California current
Pupa
8. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Commensalism
Germination
Climate
Chinook Wind
9. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Paleontology
Meiosis
Mitosis
Hypothesis
10. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Paleontology
Reef
Endocrine system
Fruit
11. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Endoskeleton
Cell
Ceilometer
Fossil
12. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Flower
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Condensation
Neuron
13. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic Boom
Moraine
Reef
Wind Chill
14. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Interferon
Air Pressure
Heart
Chinook Wind
15. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Eukaryotic cells
Isotope
Ecology
Anemometer
16. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Neuron
Carcinogen
Interferon
Bacillus
17. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook Wind
El Nino
Niche
Interferon
18. The flow of a charge.
Crust
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Binary Fission
Acid
19. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Central Nervous System
Meiosis
Jet Stream
California current
20. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Climate
Diploid Cell
Knot
Chlorophyll
21. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Jet Stream
Interferon
Mantle
Blood
22. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Base
Alleles
Moraine
Meiosis
23. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Plate Tectonics
Cell
Esophagus
Crust
24. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Vernal Equinox
Anemometer
Seed
Germination
25. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
California current
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Circulatory System
Classical genetics
26. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Niche
Paleontology
Clone
Air Pressure
27. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Hypothesis
Phylum
Core
Angiosperm
28. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Rainbow
Lenticular Cloud
Circulatory System
Condensation
29. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Hypothesis
Isotope
Wind Chill
Binary Fission
30. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Blood
Mirage
Phylum
Tree Rings
31. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Larva
Parasitism
Angiosperm
Lenticular Cloud
32. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Base
Auxins
Intestine
Nerve
33. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Larva
Altimeter
Embryo
Absorption
34. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
California current
Virga
Summer Solstice
Fossil
35. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Air Pressure
Alleles
Perennials
Estuary
36. A solute the denotes protons.
Canopy
Gill
Glucose
Acid
37. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Atmosphere
Climate
Base
Moraine
38. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Kelvin
Diabetes
Nebula
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
39. Evidence of past life.
Seed
Chemotherapy
Fossil
Convection
40. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Parasitism
Gamete
Rainbow
Mirage
41. 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.
Acid
Atmosphere
Chemotherapy
Virga
42. 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.
Neuron
Interferon
Asexual reproduction
Vernal Equinox
43. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Annuals
Reef
Embryo
Mirage
44. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Annuals
Fruit
Deposition
Paleontology
45. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Convection
Eukaryotic cells
Magma
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
46. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Heart
Clone
Ecosystem
47. 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.
Gut
Crust
Chinook Wind
Permafrost
48. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Gut
Seed
Classical genetics
Enzyme
49. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Esophagus
Carnivore
Classical genetics
Meiosis
50. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Nebula
Vernal Equinox
Summer Solstice
Radiocarbon Dating