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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






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






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






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






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






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






7. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.






8. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.






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






15. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






18. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






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






21. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






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






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






24. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






25. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






26. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.






27. 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.






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






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






30. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






31. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






38. 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.






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






40. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






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






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






43. An identical copy of an organism.






44. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.






45. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






46. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






48. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






50. A substance that can lead to cancer.