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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






2. An identical copy of an organism.






3. 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.






4. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






5. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.






6. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.






7. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.






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






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






10. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






11. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






13. Compounds that are fats and oils.






14. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.






15. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.






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






17. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






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






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






20. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.






21. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






22. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.






23. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






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






25. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






26. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






27. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.






28. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






29. A solute the denotes protons.






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






31. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






33. An instrument to measure wind speed.






34. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.






35. An instrument that measures cloud height.






36. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.






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






38. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






39. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






40. 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.






41. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






42. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






48. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.






49. Evidence of past life.






50. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.