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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Carcinogen
Central Nervous System
Herbivore
Fruit
2. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
El Nino
Nymph
Genus
Ecosystem
3. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Altimeter
Circulatory System
Nymph
Radiocarbon Dating
4. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Flower
Anemometer
Metamorphosis
Genus
5. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Placenta
Blood
Metamorphosis
Magma
6. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Chinook Wind
Metamorphosis
Vernal Equinox
Mirage
7. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Continental Divide
Plankton
Circulatory System
Mitosis
8. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Nebula
Carnivore
Carcinoma
Lipids
9. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Continental Divide
Magma
Nucleus
Ceilometer
10. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Isotope
Summer Solstice
Insulin
Eukaryotic cells
11. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Cloud
Hypothesis
Auxins
12. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Enzyme
Heart
Bacillus
Altimeter
13. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Enzyme
Carnivore
Placenta
Moraine
14. 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.
Haploid Cell
Estuary
Double Helix
Gut
15. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Nimbostratus
Phylum
Endoskeleton
Virga
16. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Diploid Cell
Lenticular Cloud
Niche
Air Pressure
17. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Deposition
Rainbow
Tree Rings
Neuron
18. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Nerve
Air Pressure
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Radiocarbon Dating
19. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Haploid Cell
Larva
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
20. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Celsius
Intestine
Angiosperm
Paleontology
21. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Alleles
Virga
Epicenter
Gut
22. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Double Helix
Acid
Atmosphere
Endocrine system
23. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Plate Tectonics
Gamete
Acceleratrion
Larva
24. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Crust
Metamorphosis
Lenticular Cloud
Knot
25. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Plate Tectonics
Classical genetics
Tree Rings
Eukaryotic cells
26. An identical copy of an organism.
Carnivore
Chinook Wind
Moraine
Clone
27. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Fossil
Intestine
Nucleus
Core
28. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Alleles
Isotope
Chromosome
Epicenter
29. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Nerve
Mitosis
Marsupial
Double Helix
30. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
California current
Ecology
Commensalism
31. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Central Nervous System
Pupa
Parasitism
Diabetes
32. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Kelvin
Endoskeleton
Ecosystem
Flower
33. Evidence of past life.
Fossil
Diploid Cell
Binary Fission
Asexual reproduction
34. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Fossil
Eukaryotic cells
Phloem
Mirage
35. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Phylum
Sonic Boom
Embryo
Endoskeleton
36. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Asexual reproduction
Carcinogen
Acid
Parasitism
37. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Nymph
Isotope
Angiosperm
Pupa
38. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Altimeter
Mantle
Canopy
Marsupial
39. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Altimeter
Tree Rings
Convection
Heart
40. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Epicenter
Moraine
Pupa
Chemotherapy
41. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Chemotherapy
Perennials
Permafrost
Base
42. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Isotope
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Chinook Wind
Condensation
43. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Marsupial
Equinox
Carnivore
Germination
44. 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.
Climate
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Reef
Summer Solstice
45. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Plate Tectonics
Germination
Gill
Carnivore
46. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Nimbostratus
Niche
Core
Classical genetics
47. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Circulatory System
Diabetes
Fossil
Fruit
48. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Classical genetics
Sonic Boom
Cloud
Ecosystem
49. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Mirage
Pupa
Carnivore
Blood
50. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Perennials
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Reef
Binary Fission