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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






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






4. 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.






5. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






7. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






8. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.






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






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






11. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






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






13. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






15. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






16. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






18. An identical copy of an organism.






19. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






21. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.






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






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






24. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






27. 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.






28. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






29. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






30. The study of what causes motion.






31. The flow of a charge.






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






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






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






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






36. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






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






38. A solute that accepts protons.






39. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






40. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.






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






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






43. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






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






46. Compounds that are fats and oils.






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






48. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






49. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.






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