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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Plate Tectonics
Nerve
Phloem
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
2. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Virga
Enzyme
Fruit
Angiosperm
3. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Core
Interferon
Air Pressure
Carcinoma
4. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Equinox
Lenticular Cloud
Insulin
5. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Intestine
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Haploid Cell
Mirage
6. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Carcinogen
Nebula
Larva
Asexual reproduction
7. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Core
Ecology
Lipids
Interferon
8. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Lipids
Fruit
Nimbostratus
Meiosis
9. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Celsius
Herbivore
Plankton
Eukaryotic cells
10. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Ceilometer
Fossil
Chlorophyll
Deposition
11. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Absorption
Mantle
Enzyme
Heart
12. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Celsius
Haploid Cell
El Nino
Absorption
13. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Epicenter
Binary Fission
Circulatory System
Chemotherapy
14. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Seed
Chemotherapy
Plate Tectonics
Ceilometer
15. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Glucose
Carnivore
Herbivore
Canopy
16. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Nerve
Paleontology
Radiocarbon Dating
Wind Chill
17. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Mirage
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Diploid Cell
Endocrine system
18. 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.
Nymph
Perennials
Gut
Embryo
19. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Permafrost
Glucose
Commensalism
20. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Genus
Phloem
Convection
Climate
21. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Angiosperm
Lipids
Esophagus
Nerve
22. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Weathering
Genus
Diploid Cell
Double Helix
23. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Herbivore
Diploid Cell
Intestine
Cloud
24. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Estuary
Glucose
Nebula
Diabetes
25. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Neuron
Charge
Annuals
Fossil
26. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Asexual reproduction
Dynamcis
Binary Fission
Celsius
27. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Niche
Auxins
Carcinogen
Binary Fission
28. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Weathering
Phylum
California current
Nucleus
29. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Angiosperm
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Lenticular Cloud
Germination
30. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Heart
Summer Solstice
Acid
Condensation
31. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Annuals
Bacillus
Seed
Enzyme
32. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Cross - Pollination
Plate Tectonics
Equinox
Air Pressure
33. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Lipids
Endocrine system
Auxins
Hypothesis
34. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Parasitism
Asexual reproduction
Circulatory System
Isotope
35. The flow of a charge.
Charge
Endocrine system
Carcinogen
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
36. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Absorption
Chromosome
Marsupial
Radiocarbon Dating
37. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Convection
Rainbow
Knot
Chemotherapy
38. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Classical genetics
Cross - Pollination
Carnivore
Ecology
39. The study of what causes motion.
Intestine
Dynamcis
Radiocarbon Dating
Hypothesis
40. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Knot
Continental Divide
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Chinook Wind
41. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Alleles
Virga
Hypothesis
Permafrost
42. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Radiocarbon Dating
Acceleratrion
Tree Rings
Marsupial
43. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Chlorophyll
Base
Angiosperm
44. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Annuals
Wind Chill
Crust
Jet Stream
45. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Continental Divide
Lenticular Cloud
Ecosystem
Intestine
46. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Climate
Continental Divide
Interferon
Condensation
47. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Mantle
Hypothesis
Carnivore
Placenta
48. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Absorption
Genus
Crust
Flower
49. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Alleles
Asexual reproduction
Virga
Crust
50. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Pupa
Annuals
Weathering
Charge
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