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CSET Science Vocab 2

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






3. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






4. The study of what causes motion.






5. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






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






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






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






9. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






10. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






12. 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.






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






14. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






15. Evidence of past life.






16. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






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






18. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






19. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






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






22. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.






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






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






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






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






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






28. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.






29. An identical copy of an organism.






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






31. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






32. 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.






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






34. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.






35. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.






36. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.






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






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






39. A solute the denotes protons.






40. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






41. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.






42. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






43. 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.






44. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






45. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.






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






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






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






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






50. A substance that can lead to cancer.