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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Pupa
Carcinogen
Estuary
Moraine
2. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Chromosome
Intestine
Fossil
3. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Perennials
Circulatory System
Sonic Boom
Tree Rings
4. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Radiocarbon Dating
California current
Cross - Pollination
Mirage
5. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Enzyme
Chemotherapy
Bacillus
Gill
6. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Perennials
Knot
Climate
Clone
7. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Jet Stream
Chinook Wind
Alleles
Carcinogen
8. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Equinox
Diabetes
Wind Chill
Esophagus
9. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Glucose
Nymph
Intestine
Mantle
10. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Insulin
Deposition
Condensation
Sonic Boom
11. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Sonic Boom
Rainbow
Annuals
Canopy
12. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
Reef
Angiosperm
Estuary
13. The flow of a charge.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
California current
Fossil
El Nino
14. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Genus
Tree Rings
Gut
Esophagus
15. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Jet Stream
Phylum
Convection
Seed
16. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Endocrine system
Gill
Tree Rings
17. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinogen
Chromosome
Wind Chill
Pupa
18. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Diploid Cell
Mitosis
Alleles
Nebula
19. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Marsupial
Clone
Central Nervous System
Insulin
20. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Carcinogen
El Nino
Condensation
Niche
21. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Continental Divide
Glucose
Radiocarbon Dating
Lipids
22. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Crust
Clone
Nucleus
Circulatory System
23. 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.
Base
Mirage
Isotope
Crust
24. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Mirage
Binary Fission
Herbivore
California current
25. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Classical genetics
Kelvin
Atmosphere
Pollination
26. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Niche
Fruit
Permafrost
Placenta
27. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Wind Chill
Nucleus
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Perennials
28. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Meiosis
Tree Rings
Convection
Larva
29. The study of what causes motion.
Pollination
Perennials
Commensalism
Dynamcis
30. 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
Auxins
Mantle
Reef
31. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Diploid Cell
Lipids
Reef
Gill
32. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Plate Tectonics
Plankton
Gill
Magma
33. 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
Kelvin
Gut
Diabetes
34. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Equinox
California current
Celsius
Charge
35. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Celsius
Interferon
Esophagus
Marsupial
36. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Paleontology
Bacillus
Ceilometer
Eukaryotic cells
37. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Marsupial
Hypothesis
Isotope
Auxins
38. An identical copy of an organism.
Marsupial
Atmosphere
Larva
Clone
39. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Core
Permafrost
Endoskeleton
Cross - Pollination
40. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Carnivore
Plankton
Moraine
Gill
41. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Dynamcis
Enzyme
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
42. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Absorption
Hypothesis
Germination
Chromosome
43. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Summer Solstice
Permafrost
Nebula
Jet Stream
44. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Equinox
Chinook Wind
Continental Divide
Gill
45. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Germination
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Altimeter
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
46. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Insulin
Pupa
Sonic Boom
Phylum
47. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Commensalism
Neuron
Air Pressure
Crust
48. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Seed
Phylum
Metamorphosis
Perennials
49. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Knot
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Crust
Lipids
50. A solute the denotes protons.
Atmosphere
Heart
Acid
Plate Tectonics