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CSET Science Vocab 2

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






2. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.






3. 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.






4. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.






5. Different versions of a gene in a population.






6. The flow of a charge.






7. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






8. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






9. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






10. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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






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






13. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






16. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






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






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






19. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






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






22. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.






23. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.






24. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






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






26. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






28. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.






29. Plants that die after one growing season.






30. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.






31. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






32. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






33. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.






34. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.






35. A solute the denotes protons.






36. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.






37. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.






38. An identical copy of an organism.






39. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






40. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






41. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.






42. 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.






43. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






44. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






45. Plants that live through more than one growing season.






46. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






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






48. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.






49. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






50. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.