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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Clone
Deposition
Niche
Eukaryotic cells
2. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Asexual reproduction
Gill
Binary Fission
Moraine
3. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Genus
Permafrost
Diploid Cell
Carcinoma
4. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Germination
Paleontology
Ceilometer
Larva
5. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Nebula
Placenta
Charge
Condensation
6. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Cell
Chromosome
Intestine
Meiosis
7. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Permafrost
Weathering
Nucleus
Nymph
8. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Carnivore
Altimeter
Wind Chill
Heart
9. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Canopy
Niche
Estuary
Equinox
10. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic Boom
Hypothesis
Nebula
Asexual reproduction
11. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Gamete
Nucleus
Pupa
Altimeter
12. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Germination
Weathering
Classical genetics
Chemotherapy
13. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Embryo
Annuals
Seed
Climate
14. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Endoskeleton
Lipids
Chemotherapy
Convection
15. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Diabetes
Cloud
Cross - Pollination
Commensalism
16. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Auxins
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Virga
Herbivore
17. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Climate
Metamorphosis
Heart
18. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Double Helix
Glucose
Core
Plate Tectonics
19. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Embryo
Diabetes
El Nino
Estuary
20. 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.
Asexual reproduction
Central Nervous System
Mirage
Kelvin
21. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Hypothesis
Carcinoma
Germination
Asexual reproduction
22. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Genus
Equinox
Angiosperm
Condensation
23. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Endocrine system
Convection
Moraine
Phloem
24. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Acceleratrion
Sonic Boom
Carnivore
Paleontology
25. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Angiosperm
Deposition
Endocrine system
26. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Moraine
Carnivore
Mantle
Fruit
27. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
El Nino
Dynamcis
Nerve
Moraine
28. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Celsius
Core
Insulin
Paleontology
29. 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.
Chemotherapy
Atmosphere
Plate Tectonics
Pupa
30. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Auxins
Heart
Clone
Chlorophyll
31. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Equinox
Nebula
Diploid Cell
Pollination
32. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Haploid Cell
Angiosperm
Double Helix
33. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Plate Tectonics
Glucose
Esophagus
Deposition
34. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Estuary
Convection
California current
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
35. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Carnivore
Heart
Epicenter
Acceleratrion
36. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Diabetes
Continental Divide
Neuron
Seed
37. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Bacillus
Carnivore
Kelvin
Heart
38. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Diabetes
Perennials
Radiocarbon Dating
Tree Rings
39. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Circulatory System
Niche
Moraine
Phylum
40. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Chinook Wind
Pupa
Glucose
Clone
41. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Heart
Pollination
Cloud
Gill
42. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Fruit
Esophagus
Ceilometer
Kelvin
43. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Nebula
Magma
Interferon
Pollination
44. A solute that accepts protons.
Mitosis
Commensalism
Circulatory System
Base
45. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Acid
Ecosystem
Perennials
Wind Chill
46. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Nymph
Cell
Central Nervous System
Intestine
47. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Air Pressure
Canopy
Convection
Larva
48. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
California current
Acid
Gut
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
49. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Knot
Neuron
Estuary
Germination
50. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Cell
Glucose
Vernal Equinox
Heart