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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An instrument that measures cloud height.






2. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






3. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






4. 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.






5. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.






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






7. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






9. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






16. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






17. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.






18. Reproduction involving only one parent.






19. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.






20. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.






21. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






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






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






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






26. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






28. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.






29. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






30. The loutermost layer of the earth.






31. Evidence of past life.






32. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.






33. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






34. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






35. Different versions of a gene in a population.






36. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.






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






38. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






39. The study of what causes motion.






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






41. The flow of a charge.






42. 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.






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






44. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






46. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.






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






48. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.






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






50. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.