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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.






2. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. Plants that die after one growing season.






11. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






13. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.






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






15. An organism's unique place in the environment.






16. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






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






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






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






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






22. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






23. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






25. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






26. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






35. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.






36. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






39. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






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






42. The study of what causes motion.






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






44. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.






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






46. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






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






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