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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






2. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






4. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






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






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






7. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






9. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).






10. An instrument that measures cloud height.






11. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






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






14. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






16. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






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.






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






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






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






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






23. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






24. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






26. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






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






28. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






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






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






31. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






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






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






35. The flow of a charge.






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






37. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.






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






39. The study of what causes motion.






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






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






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






43. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.






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






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






46. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






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






48. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.






49. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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







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