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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






7. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






8. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






9. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.






10. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






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






13. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.






14. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






15. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






17. 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.






18. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






19. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.






20. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






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






22. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.






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






33. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.






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






35. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






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






38. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






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






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






42. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.