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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. The study of what causes motion.






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






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






5. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






7. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.






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






9. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.






10. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






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






12. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






13. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






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






15. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






16. A solute the denotes protons.






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 dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.






19. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Study and interpretation of fossils.






24. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.






25. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






26. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






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






28. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.






29. The flow of a charge.






30. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






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






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






34. A temperature scale in which 1 degrees Kelvin equals 1 degree Celsius. 0 degree Kelvin is about -273 degree Celsius. Kelvin is called absolute zero because there is no movement of molecules.






35. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






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






39. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






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






41. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






43. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






45. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.






46. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.






47. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.






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






49. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.






50. The rate of change of an objects velocity.