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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Phylum
Crust
Nebula
Meiosis
2. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Embryo
Sonic Boom
Binary Fission
Endocrine system
3. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Continental Divide
Canopy
Condensation
Mantle
4. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Reef
Eukaryotic cells
Glucose
Interferon
5. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Permafrost
Flower
Plankton
Mitosis
6. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Plate Tectonics
Diabetes
Nimbostratus
Embryo
7. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Nucleus
Ecosystem
Pollination
Nymph
8. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Phloem
Diabetes
Auxins
Carnivore
9. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Endoskeleton
Air Pressure
Chromosome
Estuary
10. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Hypothesis
Rainbow
Weathering
Phylum
11. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Haploid Cell
Absorption
Ecology
Esophagus
12. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
California current
Virga
Meiosis
Phloem
13. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Canopy
Angiosperm
Double Helix
Deposition
14. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Chinook Wind
Charge
Flower
15. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Moraine
Core
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Nimbostratus
16. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Insulin
Circulatory System
Gamete
Marsupial
17. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Paleontology
Air Pressure
Interferon
Lenticular Cloud
18. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Double Helix
Central Nervous System
Interferon
Angiosperm
19. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Convection
Ecology
Continental Divide
Interferon
20. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Blood
Plankton
Niche
Mirage
21. 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.
Asexual reproduction
Phylum
Atmosphere
Lipids
22. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Anemometer
Atmosphere
Gamete
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
23. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Reef
Diploid Cell
Insulin
Central Nervous System
24. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Circulatory System
Seed
Chinook Wind
Gamete
25. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Mirage
Classical genetics
Phloem
Annuals
26. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Flower
Plate Tectonics
Anemometer
Bacillus
27. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Continental Divide
Chromosome
Vernal Equinox
California current
28. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Endocrine system
Gamete
Endoskeleton
Gill
29. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Deposition
Lipids
Hypothesis
Fruit
30. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Climate
Canopy
Metamorphosis
Altimeter
31. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Angiosperm
Nymph
Eukaryotic cells
Central Nervous System
32. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Alleles
Mantle
Endoskeleton
Deposition
33. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Gill
Continental Divide
Equinox
Convection
34. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Paleontology
Atmosphere
Chemotherapy
Carnivore
35. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Anemometer
Heart
Moraine
Eukaryotic cells
36. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Placenta
Deposition
Diploid Cell
Cross - Pollination
37. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Fruit
Pollination
Germination
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
38. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Moraine
Angiosperm
Gamete
Base
39. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Air Pressure
Meiosis
Base
Heart
40. 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.
Acid
Nucleus
Auxins
Summer Solstice
41. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Condensation
Cross - Pollination
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
42. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Reef
Weathering
Chlorophyll
Convection
43. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Isotope
Mirage
Celsius
Nebula
44. 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.
Acceleratrion
Carcinogen
Gut
Continental Divide
45. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Ecosystem
Flower
Permafrost
Carnivore
46. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Phloem
Anemometer
Carnivore
Wind Chill
47. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Commensalism
Endocrine system
Genus
Knot
48. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Wind Chill
Perennials
Knot
Haploid Cell
49. Evidence of past life.
Double Helix
Deposition
Pollination
Fossil
50. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Commensalism
Knot
Hypothesis
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