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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Paleontology
Virga
Equinox
Circulatory System
2. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Fruit
Moraine
Jet Stream
Esophagus
3. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Jet Stream
Seed
Lenticular Cloud
Interferon
4. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Nimbostratus
Haploid Cell
Endocrine system
Asexual reproduction
5. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Vernal Equinox
Cross - Pollination
Alleles
Lipids
6. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Chromosome
Central Nervous System
Permafrost
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
7. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Heart
Carcinogen
Plate Tectonics
Neuron
8. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Cloud
Kelvin
Anemometer
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
9. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Cloud
Plate Tectonics
Nebula
Paleontology
10. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Fruit
Mirage
Convection
Permafrost
11. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Lenticular Cloud
Chemotherapy
Blood
Embryo
12. The study of what causes motion.
Dynamcis
Convection
Core
Continental Divide
13. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Double Helix
El Nino
Central Nervous System
Chlorophyll
14. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Virga
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Cell
Continental Divide
15. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
El Nino
Wind Chill
Gamete
Pollination
16. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Perennials
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Ecosystem
Endoskeleton
17. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Niche
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Asexual reproduction
Pupa
18. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Dynamcis
Climate
Anemometer
Reef
19. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Mirage
Sonic Boom
Herbivore
Phloem
20. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Blood
Chemotherapy
Endocrine system
Seed
21. 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.
Atmosphere
Celsius
Gut
Plankton
22. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Crust
Enzyme
Herbivore
Glucose
23. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Interferon
Weathering
Epicenter
Equinox
24. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Core
Gut
Tree Rings
Epicenter
25. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Diabetes
Neuron
Acceleratrion
Alleles
26. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Nimbostratus
Germination
Plate Tectonics
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
27. The flow of a charge.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Continental Divide
Seed
Ceilometer
28. 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.
Gut
Chlorophyll
Vernal Equinox
Air Pressure
29. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Carcinoma
Convection
Intestine
Nebula
30. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Condensation
Kelvin
Haploid Cell
Marsupial
31. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Radiocarbon Dating
Sonic Boom
Glucose
Pupa
32. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Diploid Cell
Cross - Pollination
Kelvin
Placenta
33. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Climate
Larva
Canopy
Cross - Pollination
34. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Ceilometer
Endoskeleton
Fruit
Diploid Cell
35. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Lipids
Permafrost
36. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Classical genetics
Metamorphosis
Epicenter
Herbivore
37. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Ecosystem
Air Pressure
Canopy
Nymph
38. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Cell
Chlorophyll
Embryo
Cloud
39. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Clone
Air Pressure
Plate Tectonics
Endoskeleton
40. Evidence of past life.
Pupa
Asexual reproduction
Lipids
Fossil
41. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Climate
Weathering
Isotope
Nerve
42. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Moraine
El Nino
Parasitism
Blood
43. 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.
Pupa
El Nino
California current
Isotope
44. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Equinox
Insulin
Fruit
Mitosis
45. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Climate
Canopy
Pollination
46. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Convection
Carcinogen
Diploid Cell
Classical genetics
47. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Nucleus
Absorption
Perennials
Glucose
48. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Nucleus
Germination
Insulin
Knot
49. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Lenticular Cloud
Acceleratrion
Esophagus
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
50. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Alleles
Gill
Deposition
Haploid Cell