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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. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






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






4. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






5. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






6. 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.






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






8. An identical copy of an organism.






9. Compounds that are fats and oils.






10. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.






11. The loutermost layer of the earth.






12. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






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






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






15. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






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






18. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






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






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






21. An instrument that measures cloud height.






22. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






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






24. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






25. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.






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






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






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






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






30. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.






31. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






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






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






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






35. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






37. A temperature scale in which 1 degrees Kelvin equals 1 degree Celsius. 0 degree Kelvin is about -273 degree Celsius. Kelvin is called absolute zero because there is no movement of molecules.






38. Reproduction involving only one parent.






39. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






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






42. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.






43. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






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