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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Fossil
Esophagus
Angiosperm
Pupa
2. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Chlorophyll
Neuron
Summer Solstice
Binary Fission
3. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Nerve
Knot
Meiosis
Nucleus
4. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Core
Fossil
Germination
Cell
5. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Anemometer
Mitosis
Crust
Lipids
6. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Herbivore
Dynamcis
Binary Fission
7. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Gamete
Atmosphere
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
8. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Endocrine system
Hypothesis
Anemometer
Core
9. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Estuary
Gill
Blood
Mantle
10. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Neuron
Air Pressure
Kelvin
Altimeter
11. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Nimbostratus
Fruit
Parasitism
Absorption
12. 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.
Cell
Isotope
Rainbow
Ceilometer
13. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Continental Divide
Altimeter
Phylum
Double Helix
14. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Acceleratrion
Cross - Pollination
Charge
Diabetes
15. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Magma
Marsupial
Mirage
Clone
16. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Endocrine system
Radiocarbon Dating
Condensation
Pollination
17. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Core
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Radiocarbon Dating
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
18. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Sonic Boom
Cross - Pollination
Gamete
19. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Marsupial
Double Helix
Condensation
Central Nervous System
20. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Radiocarbon Dating
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Auxins
Endoskeleton
21. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Nymph
Angiosperm
Central Nervous System
Embryo
22. Compounds that are fats and oils.
California current
Metamorphosis
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Lipids
23. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Carcinoma
Central Nervous System
Isotope
Tree Rings
24. 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.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Larva
Nucleus
Kelvin
25. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Cell
Annuals
Nucleus
Alleles
26. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Dynamcis
Larva
Nymph
27. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Classical genetics
Intestine
Germination
El Nino
28. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Diabetes
Nymph
Binary Fission
Nebula
29. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Insulin
Esophagus
Atmosphere
Carcinoma
30. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Glucose
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Pupa
Seed
31. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
Seed
Ecology
Nebula
32. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Permafrost
Classical genetics
Haploid Cell
Plate Tectonics
33. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Nimbostratus
Neuron
Larva
Plankton
34. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Ecology
Weathering
Eukaryotic cells
Cell
35. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Magma
Cloud
Chemotherapy
Anemometer
36. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Glucose
Interferon
Altimeter
Fossil
37. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Weathering
Nimbostratus
Phloem
Angiosperm
38. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Cloud
Diabetes
Air Pressure
Moraine
39. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Cross - Pollination
Commensalism
Eukaryotic cells
Air Pressure
40. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
Celsius
Deposition
Sonic Boom
41. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
El Nino
Carcinogen
Fruit
Clone
42. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Endocrine system
Pollination
Convection
Estuary
43. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Tree Rings
Crust
Meiosis
Marsupial
44. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Placenta
Marsupial
Circulatory System
Insulin
45. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Permafrost
Rainbow
Nucleus
Fruit
46. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Ceilometer
Haploid Cell
Plate Tectonics
47. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Asexual reproduction
Chinook Wind
Double Helix
Meiosis
48. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Anemometer
Chlorophyll
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Absorption
49. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Climate
Angiosperm
Heart
Cross - Pollination
50. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Convection
Chromosome
Altimeter