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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. An instrument that measures cloud height.






2. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






4. Different versions of a gene in a population.






5. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






6. 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.






7. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.






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






20. A solute that accepts protons.






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






29. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






30. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.






31. An identical copy of an organism.






32. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






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






34. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






35. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.






43. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






45. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






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






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






49. The flow of a charge.






50. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.







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