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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Plate Tectonics
Permafrost
Crust
Angiosperm
2. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Cross - Pollination
Cloud
Nucleus
Rainbow
3. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Endoskeleton
Placenta
Ceilometer
Dynamcis
4. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Reef
Ecology
Flower
Embryo
5. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Equinox
Carcinoma
California current
Central Nervous System
6. 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.
Angiosperm
Gut
Magma
Embryo
7. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Nebula
Magma
Radiocarbon Dating
Meiosis
8. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Ceilometer
Rainbow
Chlorophyll
Parasitism
9. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Air Pressure
Auxins
Tree Rings
Placenta
10. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Nerve
Atmosphere
Altimeter
Binary Fission
11. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Bacillus
Endoskeleton
Reef
Climate
12. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Chlorophyll
Deposition
Equinox
Pupa
13. An identical copy of an organism.
Clone
Core
Herbivore
Atmosphere
14. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Intestine
Heart
Carcinogen
Cell
15. A solute the denotes protons.
Altimeter
Acid
Chinook Wind
Nimbostratus
16. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Blood
Vernal Equinox
Gill
Magma
17. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Canopy
Esophagus
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Phloem
18. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Magma
Condensation
Altimeter
Equinox
19. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Angiosperm
Core
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Chromosome
20. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Nymph
Insulin
Nerve
Alleles
21. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Estuary
Atmosphere
Gut
22. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Haploid Cell
Magma
Classical genetics
Double Helix
23. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Marsupial
Nimbostratus
Isotope
Magma
24. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Deposition
Acid
Bacillus
Niche
25. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Deposition
Summer Solstice
Chemotherapy
Carcinoma
26. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Summer Solstice
Double Helix
Vernal Equinox
Convection
27. 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.
Jet Stream
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Magma
Knot
28. The flow of a charge.
Alleles
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Heart
Placenta
29. 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.
Nebula
Summer Solstice
Air Pressure
Atmosphere
30. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Radiocarbon Dating
Gamete
Larva
31. The study of what causes motion.
Dynamcis
Central Nervous System
Blood
Flower
32. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Cross - Pollination
Double Helix
Pupa
Carcinoma
33. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Plate Tectonics
Perennials
Charge
Ecology
34. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Metamorphosis
Ecology
Atmosphere
Pupa
35. 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.
Convection
Core
Atmosphere
Nucleus
36. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Core
Radiocarbon Dating
Tree Rings
El Nino
37. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Isotope
Gut
Altimeter
Condensation
38. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Blood
California current
Herbivore
Carnivore
39. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Intestine
Acceleratrion
Nebula
Pollination
40. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Endoskeleton
Double Helix
Cross - Pollination
Genus
41. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Diploid Cell
Alleles
Carcinogen
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
42. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Air Pressure
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Pollination
Base
43. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Interferon
Meiosis
Crust
Isotope
44. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Mirage
Gill
Circulatory System
Crust
45. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Magma
Fossil
Reef
Heart
46. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Germination
Vernal Equinox
Chromosome
Asexual reproduction
47. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Deposition
Lipids
Carcinogen
48. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Radiocarbon Dating
Mirage
Condensation
Ecology
49. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Plankton
Virga
Jet Stream
Diploid Cell
50. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Paleontology
Cell
Enzyme
Absorption
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