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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A cell that reacts to stimuli and transmits impulses consisting of a body with a nucleus and dendrites to receive and axons to transmit impulses.






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






3. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






4. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






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






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






7. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






10. An organism's unique place in the environment.






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






12. The study of what causes motion.






13. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






15. An identical copy of an organism.






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






17. The flow of a charge.






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






19. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.






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






21. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






24. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






26. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






27. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.






35. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






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






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






38. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






39. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.






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






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






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






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






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






45. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.






46. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






47. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






49. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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