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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Interferon
Meiosis
Air Pressure
Pupa
2. 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.
Phloem
Niche
Atmosphere
Carcinogen
3. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Vernal Equinox
Estuary
Dynamcis
Insulin
4. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Auxins
Acceleratrion
Commensalism
Lipids
5. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Summer Solstice
Clone
Ceilometer
Weathering
6. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Vernal Equinox
Double Helix
Convection
El Nino
7. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Isotope
Perennials
Lipids
Niche
8. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Mitosis
Fossil
Canopy
Diabetes
9. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Summer Solstice
Binary Fission
Virga
Permafrost
10. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Vernal Equinox
Plate Tectonics
Nucleus
Mitosis
11. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Air Pressure
Chemotherapy
Cross - Pollination
Dynamcis
12. The study of what causes motion.
Bacillus
Eukaryotic cells
Dynamcis
Sonic Boom
13. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Asexual reproduction
Continental Divide
Herbivore
Chinook Wind
14. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Absorption
Lenticular Cloud
Fruit
Perennials
15. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Blood
Endoskeleton
Vernal Equinox
Carcinogen
16. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Gamete
Herbivore
Intestine
Climate
17. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Chromosome
Magma
Double Helix
Phylum
18. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Neuron
Equinox
Chemotherapy
19. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Ecology
Convection
Carcinogen
Altimeter
20. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
El Nino
Germination
Double Helix
Condensation
21. Evidence of past life.
Acceleratrion
Fossil
Convection
Clone
22. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Heart
Herbivore
Cloud
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
23. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Convection
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Genus
Parasitism
24. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Ecology
El Nino
Continental Divide
Angiosperm
25. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Equinox
Bacillus
Esophagus
Gut
26. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Blood
Central Nervous System
Altimeter
Sonic Boom
27. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Gill
Vernal Equinox
Altimeter
Metamorphosis
28. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Nerve
Haploid Cell
Magma
Carcinogen
29. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Glucose
Core
Summer Solstice
Perennials
30. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Deposition
Asexual reproduction
Gill
Phloem
31. An identical copy of an organism.
Cloud
Classical genetics
Perennials
Clone
32. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Esophagus
Circulatory System
Herbivore
Flower
33. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Nimbostratus
Lipids
Ceilometer
Intestine
34. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Nebula
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Air Pressure
Ecosystem
35. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Condensation
Chlorophyll
Embryo
Nebula
36. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Rainbow
Acceleratrion
Atmosphere
37. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Core
Anemometer
Sonic Boom
Flower
38. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Dynamcis
Double Helix
Canopy
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
39. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Charge
Nerve
Auxins
Bacillus
40. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Sonic Boom
Core
Lenticular Cloud
Crust
41. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Absorption
Asexual reproduction
Nerve
Moraine
42. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Lenticular Cloud
Marsupial
Tree Rings
Diploid Cell
43. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Enzyme
Endocrine system
Absorption
Placenta
44. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Anemometer
Cross - Pollination
Atmosphere
Glucose
45. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Chemotherapy
Moraine
Gamete
Eukaryotic cells
46. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Radiocarbon Dating
Circulatory System
Interferon
Lenticular Cloud
47. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Nimbostratus
Embryo
Germination
Canopy
48. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Climate
Convection
Anemometer
Nymph
49. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Binary Fission
Crust
Asexual reproduction
Chinook Wind
50. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Anemometer
Plankton
Neuron
Altimeter
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