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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. 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.
Diploid Cell
Neuron
Asexual reproduction
Condensation
2. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Seed
Vernal Equinox
Plankton
Eukaryotic cells
3. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Gill
Nucleus
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Pollination
4. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Celsius
Ecosystem
Epicenter
Vernal Equinox
5. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Commensalism
Gamete
Paleontology
Gut
6. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Chromosome
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Embryo
Cloud
7. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Rainbow
Heart
Lenticular Cloud
Acceleratrion
8. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Genus
Intestine
Alleles
Canopy
9. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Lipids
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Double Helix
Phylum
10. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Lenticular Cloud
Niche
Eukaryotic cells
Vernal Equinox
11. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Haploid Cell
Sonic Boom
Knot
Binary Fission
12. The study of what causes motion.
Dynamcis
Intestine
Plate Tectonics
Plankton
13. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Parasitism
Nebula
Wind Chill
Enzyme
14. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Fruit
Herbivore
Niche
Esophagus
15. An identical copy of an organism.
Paleontology
Eukaryotic cells
Gamete
Clone
16. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Metamorphosis
California current
Commensalism
Blood
17. The flow of a charge.
El Nino
Bacillus
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Estuary
18. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Placenta
Chlorophyll
Intestine
Gamete
19. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Annuals
Clone
Altimeter
Canopy
20. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook Wind
Double Helix
Heart
Acceleratrion
21. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Diploid Cell
Neuron
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Intestine
22. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Charge
Heart
Ceilometer
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
23. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Perennials
Ceilometer
Carnivore
Cloud
24. Plants that die after one growing season.
Clone
Condensation
Annuals
Convection
25. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Anemometer
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Glucose
Kelvin
26. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Binary Fission
Alleles
Altimeter
Blood
27. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Enzyme
Absorption
Paleontology
Flower
28. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Convection
Knot
Climate
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
29. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Sonic Boom
Condensation
Rainbow
California current
30. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Ecosystem
Classical genetics
Absorption
Metamorphosis
31. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Classical genetics
Vernal Equinox
Intestine
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
32. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Epicenter
Interferon
Central Nervous System
Angiosperm
33. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Nymph
Equinox
Pollination
34. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.
Permafrost
Insulin
Nerve
Blood
35. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Isotope
Nerve
Eukaryotic cells
Radiocarbon Dating
36. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Rainbow
Glucose
Mantle
Clone
37. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Blood
Nerve
Epicenter
Moraine
38. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Seed
Enzyme
Moraine
Endoskeleton
39. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Epicenter
Ecology
Double Helix
Niche
40. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
Binary Fission
Knot
Parasitism
El Nino
41. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Virga
Absorption
Condensation
Charge
42. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Virga
Lipids
Herbivore
Pupa
43. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Vernal Equinox
Nebula
Continental Divide
Radiocarbon Dating
44. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Blood
Sonic Boom
Mitosis
Fruit
45. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Endocrine system
Anemometer
Nebula
Mirage
46. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Pollination
Germination
Tree Rings
Heart
47. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Bacillus
Embryo
Estuary
Weathering
48. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Esophagus
El Nino
Pollination
Plankton
49. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Air Pressure
Mirage
Diploid Cell
Paleontology
50. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Double Helix
Nebula
Mantle
Endoskeleton