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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. Evidence of past life.






2. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






3. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






4. A solute that accepts protons.






5. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






6. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.






7. 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.






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






9. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.






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






11. The study of what causes motion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. An identical copy of an organism.






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






23. 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.






24. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






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






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






28. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






29. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






30. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.






31. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






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






34. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.






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






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






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






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






39. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.






40. Plants that die after one growing season.






41. 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.






42. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






43. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






45. The flow of a charge.






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






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






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






49. Different versions of a gene in a population.






50. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.







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