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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






4. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.






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






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






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






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






9. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






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






13. An instrument that measures cloud height.






14. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






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






17. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






19. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






21. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






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






25. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.






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






27. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






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






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






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






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






32. Compounds that are fats and oils.






33. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






35. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






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






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






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






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






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






41. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.






42. Evidence of past life.






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.