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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






3. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






5. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.






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






7. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






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






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






10. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






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






13. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






15. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.






16. Plants that live through more than one growing season.






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






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






19. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






20. 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.






21. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






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






24. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






25. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.






26. An instrument to measure wind speed.






27. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






28. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.






29. A substance that can lead to cancer.






30. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.






31. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






33. 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.






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






35. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






38. Compounds that are fats and oils.






39. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.






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






41. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






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






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






49. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






50. A solute the denotes protons.