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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.






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






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






4. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






6. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.






7. Plants that die after one growing season.






8. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.






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






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






11. 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.






12. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.






13. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.






14. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






15. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






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






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






18. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






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






20. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.






21. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.






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






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






24. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.






25. A solute the denotes protons.






26. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






27. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






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






29. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.






30. A solute that accepts protons.






31. An identical copy of an organism.






32. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






34. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






36. A substance that can lead to cancer.






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






38. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.






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






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






41. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






42. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






43. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.






44. Study and interpretation of fossils.






45. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






46. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.






47. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






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






49. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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