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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Paleontology
Carcinogen
Chromosome
Permafrost
2. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Mantle
Chlorophyll
Diabetes
Circulatory System
3. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Cross - Pollination
Summer Solstice
Blood
Radiocarbon Dating
4. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Heart
Enzyme
Core
Ecosystem
5. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Crust
Neuron
Wind Chill
Estuary
6. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Perennials
Nerve
Vernal Equinox
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
7. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Mantle
Gut
Chlorophyll
Germination
8. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Germination
Crust
Fossil
Canopy
9. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Niche
Carcinoma
Diabetes
Climate
10. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
El Nino
Chromosome
Moraine
11. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Neuron
Isotope
Celsius
Insulin
12. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Plankton
Diabetes
Endocrine system
Diploid Cell
13. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Double Helix
Asexual reproduction
Magma
Continental Divide
14. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Altimeter
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Sonic Boom
15. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Cross - Pollination
Virga
Embryo
Plate Tectonics
16. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Pollination
Lenticular Cloud
Seed
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
17. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Plate Tectonics
Estuary
Carcinogen
Permafrost
18. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Diabetes
Climate
Deposition
Endoskeleton
19. 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.
Blood
Circulatory System
Atmosphere
Paleontology
20. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
El Nino
Carcinoma
Canopy
Mirage
21. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Auxins
Ecology
Magma
Vernal Equinox
22. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Ceilometer
Chlorophyll
Intestine
Anemometer
23. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Angiosperm
Metamorphosis
Flower
Gill
24. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Niche
Eukaryotic cells
Climate
Celsius
25. 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.
Altimeter
Dynamcis
Nerve
Neuron
26. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Glucose
Carcinoma
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Alleles
27. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Embryo
Magma
Central Nervous System
Climate
28. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
El Nino
Celsius
Phylum
Paleontology
29. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Nucleus
Commensalism
Interferon
Asexual reproduction
30. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Plate Tectonics
Jet Stream
Fruit
Weathering
31. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Carcinogen
Chemotherapy
Diploid Cell
Parasitism
32. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Neuron
Meiosis
Cell
Annuals
33. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Herbivore
Double Helix
Knot
Atmosphere
34. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Vernal Equinox
Alleles
Auxins
Esophagus
35. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Phloem
Canopy
Neuron
Nymph
36. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Double Helix
Larva
Air Pressure
Acceleratrion
37. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Pupa
Hypothesis
Commensalism
Neuron
38. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Enzyme
Fruit
Bacillus
Vernal Equinox
39. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Ecosystem
Genus
Nerve
Plate Tectonics
40. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Lenticular Cloud
Parasitism
Gut
Circulatory System
41. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Lipids
Jet Stream
Anemometer
Permafrost
42. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Herbivore
Estuary
Ecology
Lipids
43. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Mantle
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Lenticular Cloud
Charge
44. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Herbivore
Classical genetics
Pollination
Nebula
45. The study of what causes motion.
Nebula
Climate
Dynamcis
Nerve
46. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Plankton
Phylum
Mirage
Meiosis
47. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Rainbow
Mirage
Parasitism
Metamorphosis
48. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Base
Rainbow
Herbivore
Double Helix
49. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Equinox
Nebula
Virga
Commensalism
50. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Condensation
Paleontology
Genus
Chromosome