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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Metamorphosis
Parasitism
Atmosphere
Hypothesis
2. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Pollination
Asexual reproduction
Mantle
Flower
3. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Niche
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Nebula
Asexual reproduction
4. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Nymph
Moraine
Neuron
Acceleratrion
5. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Ecology
Endoskeleton
Gamete
Ceilometer
6. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Summer Solstice
Alleles
Ecology
Germination
7. Evidence of past life.
Altimeter
Niche
Fossil
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
8. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
California current
Glucose
Knot
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
9. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Vernal Equinox
Crust
Core
Wind Chill
10. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic Boom
Parasitism
Embryo
Equinox
11. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Placenta
Central Nervous System
Virga
Niche
12. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Seed
Tree Rings
Chinook Wind
Paleontology
13. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Plate Tectonics
Diabetes
Esophagus
Gamete
14. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Plate Tectonics
Haploid Cell
Neuron
Reef
15. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Lenticular Cloud
Ecology
Carcinoma
16. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Placenta
Auxins
Magma
Gill
17. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Altimeter
Blood
Weathering
Chemotherapy
18. 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.
Neuron
Kelvin
Climate
Gill
19. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Mantle
Celsius
Summer Solstice
Germination
20. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Magma
Crust
Plate Tectonics
Climate
21. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Classical genetics
Herbivore
Gamete
Pupa
22. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Carnivore
Lenticular Cloud
Nimbostratus
Esophagus
23. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook Wind
Carcinoma
Nucleus
Ceilometer
24. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Vernal Equinox
Insulin
Blood
Phylum
25. A solute that accepts protons.
Base
Summer Solstice
Asexual reproduction
Lenticular Cloud
26. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Heart
Cloud
Carcinoma
Virga
27. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Mirage
Circulatory System
Cross - Pollination
Genus
28. 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.
Acceleratrion
Summer Solstice
Binary Fission
Anemometer
29. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Jet Stream
Intestine
Acceleratrion
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
30. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Knot
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Asexual reproduction
Heart
31. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Ecosystem
Deposition
Nebula
Endocrine system
32. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Hypothesis
Charge
Esophagus
Diploid Cell
33. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Carnivore
Chemotherapy
Glucose
Condensation
34. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Climate
Glucose
Plate Tectonics
Endocrine system
35. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Base
Climate
Insulin
Ecology
36. A solute the denotes protons.
Acid
Absorption
Magma
Heart
37. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Classical genetics
Paleontology
Carnivore
Fruit
38. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Fruit
Diabetes
Embryo
Ceilometer
39. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Diabetes
Pupa
Eukaryotic cells
Ecology
40. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Esophagus
Epicenter
Bacillus
Air Pressure
41. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Insulin
Wind Chill
Angiosperm
Heart
42. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Classical genetics
Meiosis
Cloud
Embryo
43. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Altimeter
Reef
Lenticular Cloud
Perennials
44. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Lipids
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Base
Germination
45. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Binary Fission
Auxins
Carnivore
Metamorphosis
46. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Metamorphosis
Nimbostratus
Genus
Canopy
47. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Glucose
Acceleratrion
Condensation
Alleles
48. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Double Helix
Gamete
Larva
Mirage
49. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Parasitism
Heart
Enzyme
Acid
50. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Gill
Nimbostratus
Plankton
Meiosis