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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.
Chemotherapy
Double Helix
Summer Solstice
Nebula
2. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Genus
Reef
Binary Fission
Continental Divide
3. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Nucleus
Continental Divide
Gamete
Isotope
4. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Plate Tectonics
Esophagus
Blood
Mantle
5. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Flower
Carnivore
Gut
Crust
6. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Celsius
Phloem
Hypothesis
Haploid Cell
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.
Plate Tectonics
Summer Solstice
Placenta
Enzyme
8. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Placenta
Mitosis
Absorption
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
9. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Virga
Estuary
Metamorphosis
Auxins
10. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Air Pressure
Absorption
Tree Rings
Esophagus
11. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Nebula
Double Helix
Reef
Central Nervous System
12. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Double Helix
Metamorphosis
Isotope
Condensation
13. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Chemotherapy
Pupa
Acceleratrion
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.
Estuary
Niche
Permafrost
Gut
15. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Convection
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Glucose
Nimbostratus
16. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Seed
Deposition
Classical genetics
Cell
17. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Embryo
Chromosome
Nucleus
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.
Neuron
Atmosphere
Lenticular Cloud
Vernal Equinox
19. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Kelvin
Perennials
Interferon
Endoskeleton
20. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Paleontology
Diabetes
Cross - Pollination
Classical genetics
21. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Intestine
Angiosperm
Pupa
Tree Rings
22. Evidence of past life.
Meiosis
Chinook Wind
Fossil
Reef
23. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Chlorophyll
Lipids
Carcinogen
Plankton
24. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Ceilometer
Asexual reproduction
Pollination
Enzyme
25. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Endocrine system
Lenticular Cloud
Celsius
Carcinoma
26. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Continental Divide
Auxins
Asexual reproduction
Germination
27. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
El Nino
Jet Stream
Canopy
Reef
28. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Plate Tectonics
Gill
Carnivore
Nerve
29. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Central Nervous System
Weathering
Carcinoma
Paleontology
30. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Endocrine system
Diabetes
Phloem
Altimeter
31. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Plate Tectonics
Chromosome
El Nino
Tree Rings
32. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Perennials
Angiosperm
Celsius
Nimbostratus
33. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Nucleus
Epicenter
Chemotherapy
Nebula
34. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Nerve
Moraine
Tree Rings
Marsupial
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.
Kelvin
Niche
Isotope
Diploid Cell
36. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Hypothesis
Asexual reproduction
Core
Cell
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.
Core
Diploid Cell
Jet Stream
Climate
38. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Double Helix
Carcinogen
Marsupial
Ecosystem
39. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Circulatory System
Chinook Wind
Nerve
Knot
40. The flow of a charge.
Mitosis
Summer Solstice
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Wind Chill
41. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Insulin
Equinox
Convection
Classical genetics
42. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Meiosis
Nimbostratus
Enzyme
Carcinoma
43. The study of what causes motion.
Kelvin
Summer Solstice
Dynamcis
Lenticular Cloud
44. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Alleles
Equinox
Virga
Radiocarbon Dating
45. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Bacillus
Continental Divide
Perennials
Angiosperm
46. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Wind Chill
Hypothesis
Phloem
Endoskeleton
47. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Estuary
Perennials
Bacillus
Moraine
48. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Base
Chromosome
Atmosphere
Phylum
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.
Neuron
Embryo
Parasitism
Isotope
50. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Bacillus
Nymph
Anemometer
Intestine
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