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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Phloem
Classical genetics
Rainbow
Moraine
2. The flow of a charge.
Gamete
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Glucose
Central Nervous System
3. A solute that accepts protons.
Chinook Wind
Moraine
Radiocarbon Dating
Base
4. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Ecosystem
Gamete
Nucleus
Chlorophyll
5. 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.
Kelvin
Flower
Annuals
Sonic Boom
6. 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.
Clone
Neuron
Ceilometer
Gut
7. 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.
Summer Solstice
Equinox
Embryo
Cloud
8. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Glucose
Lipids
Weathering
Insulin
9. 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.
Heart
Isotope
Placenta
Condensation
10. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Haploid Cell
Tree Rings
Plankton
Circulatory System
11. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Convection
El Nino
Core
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
12. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Radiocarbon Dating
Marsupial
Cloud
Celsius
13. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Gill
Air Pressure
Dynamcis
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
14. Evidence of past life.
Fossil
Estuary
Meiosis
Endocrine system
15. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Larva
Carcinogen
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Canopy
16. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Celsius
El Nino
Carnivore
Ceilometer
17. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Circulatory System
Jet Stream
Auxins
Blood
18. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Double Helix
Plate Tectonics
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Carcinogen
19. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Acceleratrion
Absorption
Endoskeleton
Nebula
20. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Seed
Acceleratrion
Fossil
Climate
21. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Enzyme
Paleontology
Convection
Commensalism
22. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Neuron
Celsius
Ecosystem
23. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Equinox
Glucose
Moraine
Heart
24. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Pupa
Auxins
Alleles
Esophagus
25. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Pollination
Gut
Nucleus
Embryo
26. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Deposition
Eukaryotic cells
Ecosystem
Hypothesis
27. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Asexual reproduction
Magma
Flower
Parasitism
28. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Interferon
Epicenter
Carnivore
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
29. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Jet Stream
Virga
Lenticular Cloud
Mantle
30. Strong upper wind currents in a narrow stream that flow west to east in the United States. Weather patterns are related to the position of the jet stream - which changes often.
Celsius
Jet Stream
Genus
Placenta
31. The study of what causes motion.
Marsupial
Dynamcis
Blood
Acid
32. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Vernal Equinox
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
El Nino
Carnivore
33. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Heart
Embryo
Virga
Dynamcis
34. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Fruit
Condensation
Anemometer
Marsupial
35. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Chemotherapy
Core
Air Pressure
Endocrine system
36. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Crust
Core
Mitosis
Jet Stream
37. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Ecosystem
Carnivore
Permafrost
38. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Mantle
Cloud
Weathering
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
39. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Chemotherapy
Pupa
Larva
40. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Weathering
Fruit
Climate
Plate Tectonics
41. An identical copy of an organism.
Acceleratrion
Clone
Plankton
Esophagus
42. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Endocrine system
Reef
Embryo
Metamorphosis
43. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Chemotherapy
Diabetes
Base
Condensation
44. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Intestine
Altimeter
Germination
Larva
45. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Altimeter
Chromosome
Asexual reproduction
Double Helix
46. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Chlorophyll
Flower
Permafrost
Bacillus
47. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Interferon
Deposition
Acid
48. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Niche
Convection
Estuary
Celsius
49. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Parasitism
Niche
Equinox
Celsius
50. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Deposition
Ceilometer
Dynamcis
Anemometer