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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






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






4. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






5. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






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






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






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. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.






10. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






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






13. The flow of a charge.






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






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






16. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.






17. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






18. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






20. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






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






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






23. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.






24. A substance that can lead to cancer.






25. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






26. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






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






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






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






31. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.






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






33. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.






34. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






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






37. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.






38. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






40. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






41. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






42. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






43. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






45. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.






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






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






48. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.






49. A solute that accepts protons.






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