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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






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






3. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






4. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.






5. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






6. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.






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






8. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






10. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






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






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






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






14. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. An instrument that measures cloud height.






20. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.






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






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






23. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






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






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






27. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






28. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






30. 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.






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






32. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






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






35. An organism's unique place in the environment.






36. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.






37. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






38. A solute that accepts protons.






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






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






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






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






43. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).






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






45. Compounds that are fats and oils.






46. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.






47. The study of what causes motion.






48. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






50. The flow of a charge.