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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






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






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






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






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






6. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






7. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






9. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






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






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






12. A solute that accepts protons.






13. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






14. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






15. Compounds that are fats and oils.






16. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






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






19. An instrument that measures cloud height.






20. 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.






21. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






22. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.






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






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






31. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






33. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.






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






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






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






37. A substance that can lead to cancer.






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






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






40. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






42. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).






43. 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.






44. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






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






46. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






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






48. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.






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






50. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.