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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






2. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






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






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






6. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.






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






8. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.






9. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






11. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.






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






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






14. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.






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






16. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.






17. An instrument that measures cloud height.






18. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.






19. The study of what causes motion.






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 identical copy of an organism.






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






23. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.






24. 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.






25. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






26. A substance that can lead to cancer.






27. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






29. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






32. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






34. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






35. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.






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






37. 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.






38. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






39. Compounds that are fats and oils.






40. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






41. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.






42. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.






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






44. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






46. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.






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






48. Plants that die after one growing season.






49. 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.






50. The rate of change of an objects velocity.