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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Climate
Angiosperm
Epicenter
Double Helix
2. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Magma
Insulin
Herbivore
Alleles
3. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Altimeter
Absorption
Deposition
Annuals
4. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Core
Continental Divide
Phylum
Pupa
5. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Germination
Interferon
Anemometer
Core
6. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Anemometer
Ecosystem
Acceleratrion
Vernal Equinox
7. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Deposition
Vernal Equinox
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Parasitism
8. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Tree Rings
Anemometer
Germination
Larva
9. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Altimeter
Herbivore
Nucleus
Mantle
10. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Cell
Endocrine system
Embryo
Fruit
11. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Cloud
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Phloem
Condensation
12. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Neuron
Reef
Chemotherapy
Summer Solstice
13. 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.
Vernal Equinox
Nymph
Gut
Wind Chill
14. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Gill
Bacillus
Crust
Wind Chill
15. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinogen
Cross - Pollination
Tree Rings
Chinook Wind
16. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Knot
Permafrost
Crust
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
17. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Diploid Cell
Tree Rings
Alleles
Chromosome
18. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Pollination
Endocrine system
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Angiosperm
19. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Ecosystem
Lipids
Rainbow
Alleles
20. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Pupa
Neuron
Paleontology
California current
21. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
California current
Phloem
Gamete
Ceilometer
22. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Weathering
Continental Divide
Cell
Sonic Boom
23. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Asexual reproduction
Blood
Epicenter
Celsius
24. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Absorption
Larva
Carcinoma
Isotope
25. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Fossil
Magma
Gamete
26. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Continental Divide
Chinook Wind
Bacillus
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
27. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Gamete
Neuron
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Nerve
28. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Angiosperm
Weathering
Central Nervous System
Carcinoma
29. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Larva
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Asexual reproduction
Genus
30. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Permafrost
Virga
Mantle
Nimbostratus
31. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Crust
Cloud
Plate Tectonics
Circulatory System
32. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Parasitism
Mitosis
Perennials
Air Pressure
33. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Canopy
Commensalism
El Nino
34. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Alleles
Placenta
Epicenter
Chinook Wind
35. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Double Helix
Carcinogen
Radiocarbon Dating
Cloud
36. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Radiocarbon Dating
Intestine
Insulin
Germination
37. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Diploid Cell
Condensation
Crust
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
38. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Classical genetics
Bacillus
Phloem
Neuron
39. 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.
Double Helix
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Summer Solstice
Placenta
40. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Blood
Climate
Parasitism
Carnivore
41. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Condensation
Equinox
Embryo
Absorption
42. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Deposition
Acid
Endoskeleton
43. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Perennials
Phloem
Asexual reproduction
Lenticular Cloud
44. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Nucleus
Placenta
Dynamcis
Cell
45. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Estuary
Paleontology
Fossil
Charge
46. The flow of a charge.
Perennials
Charge
Blood
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
47. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Carcinogen
Cell
Continental Divide
Core
48. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Nerve
Larva
Endocrine system
Bacillus
49. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Parasitism
Cross - Pollination
Enzyme
Summer Solstice
50. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Rainbow
Mirage
Phloem
Celsius