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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.






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






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






4. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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






6. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






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






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






9. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






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






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






14. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






15. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






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






18. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






19. Different versions of a gene in a population.






20. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






21. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






22. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






24. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






25. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






26. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






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






28. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






31. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






32. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






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






35. A solute that accepts protons.






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






37. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.






38. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






40. A temperature scale in which 1 degrees Kelvin equals 1 degree Celsius. 0 degree Kelvin is about -273 degree Celsius. Kelvin is called absolute zero because there is no movement of molecules.






41. An identical copy of an organism.






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






43. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






44. Reproduction involving only one parent.






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






46. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






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






48. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






49. Evidence of past life.






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