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CSET Science Vocab 2

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






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






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






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






5. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






7. 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.






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






9. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






11. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






13. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






14. 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.






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






16. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






18. 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.






19. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






20. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






22. Evidence of past life.






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






24. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






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






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






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






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






30. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






31. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.






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






33. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






34. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. A substance that can lead to cancer.






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






40. The flow of a charge.






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






42. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






43. The study of what causes motion.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Atoms of the same chemical element with a different number of neurons but the same number of protons. Isotopes of an element have the same atomic number but may not have the same mass.






50. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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