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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Gamete
Mirage
Herbivore
Perennials
2. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Cell
Double Helix
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Radiocarbon Dating
3. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Chromosome
Germination
4. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Herbivore
Cross - Pollination
Angiosperm
Altimeter
5. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Lipids
Interferon
Pollination
Diploid Cell
6. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Metamorphosis
Crust
Parasitism
Mirage
7. Plants that die after one growing season.
Annuals
Placenta
Metamorphosis
Equinox
8. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Cross - Pollination
Mirage
Hypothesis
Isotope
9. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Mitosis
Fruit
Larva
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
10. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Base
Enzyme
Placenta
Fruit
11. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Base
Blood
Placenta
Chemotherapy
12. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Phylum
Classical genetics
Nimbostratus
Jet Stream
13. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Sonic Boom
Chromosome
Classical genetics
Canopy
14. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Alleles
Nebula
Fruit
Cell
15. The study of what causes motion.
Dynamcis
El Nino
Intestine
Chemotherapy
16. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Glucose
Paleontology
Phylum
Germination
17. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Binary Fission
Alleles
Nebula
Sonic Boom
18. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Fossil
Lenticular Cloud
Core
Anemometer
19. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Deposition
Haploid Cell
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Enzyme
20. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Paleontology
Seed
Cross - Pollination
Chinook Wind
21. The flow of a charge.
Binary Fission
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Lenticular Cloud
Chlorophyll
22. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Ceilometer
Classical genetics
Equinox
Metamorphosis
23. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Crust
Tree Rings
Perennials
Plankton
24. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Lenticular Cloud
Tree Rings
Parasitism
Chemotherapy
25. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Vernal Equinox
California current
Angiosperm
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
26. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Sonic Boom
Hypothesis
Blood
Estuary
27. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Endoskeleton
Charge
Insulin
Nucleus
28. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Anemometer
Permafrost
Diploid Cell
Circulatory System
29. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Canopy
Cell
Acceleratrion
Esophagus
30. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Germination
Plankton
Metamorphosis
Flower
31. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Double Helix
Gamete
Alleles
Radiocarbon Dating
32. 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.
Crust
Summer Solstice
Blood
Knot
33. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Deposition
Enzyme
Chlorophyll
Neuron
34. 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
Gut
Diabetes
Genus
35. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Pollination
Chinook Wind
Seed
Cloud
36. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Commensalism
Anemometer
Air Pressure
37. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Reef
Double Helix
Weathering
Classical genetics
38. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Pollination
Perennials
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Chlorophyll
39. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Epicenter
Paleontology
Wind Chill
Jet Stream
40. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Nimbostratus
Core
Rainbow
Vernal Equinox
41. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Angiosperm
Core
Flower
Paleontology
42. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Magma
Paleontology
Phloem
Fossil
43. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Parasitism
Moraine
Plankton
Weathering
44. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Haploid Cell
Rainbow
Condensation
Wind Chill
45. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Circulatory System
Plate Tectonics
Clone
Nucleus
46. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic Boom
Plankton
Dynamcis
Absorption
47. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Nimbostratus
Interferon
Charge
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
48. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Placenta
El Nino
Marsupial
Asexual reproduction
49. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Embryo
Epicenter
Glucose
Sonic Boom
50. 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.
Pupa
Central Nervous System
Atmosphere
Phloem