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CSET Science Vocab 2

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.






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






3. A rod - shaped bacteria.






4. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






6. Evidence of past life.






7. 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.






8. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.






9. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.






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






11. Compounds that are fats and oils.






12. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






15. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






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






17. 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.






18. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.






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






20. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






21. A solute that accepts protons.






22. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






25. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






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






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






28. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






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






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






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






34. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.






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






36. The loutermost layer of the earth.






37. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






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






39. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






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






42. A solute the denotes protons.






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






44. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






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






47. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.






48. Strong upper wind currents in a narrow stream that flow west to east in the United States. Weather patterns are related to the position of the jet stream - which changes often.






49. A substance that can lead to cancer.






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