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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Germination
Carcinogen
Mitosis
Chemotherapy
2. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Herbivore
Flower
Double Helix
Blood
3. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Air Pressure
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Reef
Commensalism
4. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Endoskeleton
Reef
Intestine
Core
5. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Nimbostratus
Cross - Pollination
Larva
Seed
6. A solute that accepts protons.
Base
Nebula
Classical genetics
Insulin
7. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Clone
Equinox
Binary Fission
Marsupial
8. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Nymph
Condensation
Circulatory System
Esophagus
9. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Fruit
Virga
Embryo
Esophagus
10. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Ecology
Gamete
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Climate
11. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Mirage
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Nucleus
Magma
12. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Phloem
Esophagus
Weathering
Angiosperm
13. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Neuron
Tree Rings
Endoskeleton
Placenta
14. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Knot
Ecosystem
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Sonic Boom
15. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Endocrine system
Mitosis
Cloud
Nimbostratus
16. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Chemotherapy
Core
Ecology
17. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Lipids
Perennials
Plankton
Weathering
18. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Larva
Canopy
Dynamcis
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
19. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Gamete
Acid
Acceleratrion
Continental Divide
20. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Convection
Sonic Boom
Endocrine system
Carcinoma
21. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Fossil
Phylum
Canopy
Gut
22. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Nymph
Circulatory System
Bacillus
Charge
23. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Equinox
Heart
Fruit
Auxins
24. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Interferon
Chinook Wind
Canopy
Deposition
25. The study of what causes motion.
Larva
Dynamcis
El Nino
Auxins
26. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Seed
Binary Fission
Intestine
Lenticular Cloud
27. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Nebula
Auxins
Carcinogen
Larva
28. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.
El Nino
Embryo
Summer Solstice
Haploid Cell
29. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Estuary
Acid
Nimbostratus
Mitosis
30. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Sonic Boom
Larva
Epicenter
Mirage
31. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Esophagus
Moraine
Herbivore
Phylum
32. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Gill
Lipids
Central Nervous System
Weathering
33. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Parasitism
Jet Stream
Enzyme
Interferon
34. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Eukaryotic cells
Vernal Equinox
Estuary
Parasitism
35. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Neuron
Ceilometer
Plankton
Endocrine system
36. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Seed
Pollination
Genus
Herbivore
37. The flow of a charge.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Cloud
Hypothesis
Fruit
38. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Nymph
Core
Bacillus
Hypothesis
39. 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.
Isotope
Germination
Annuals
Absorption
40. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Reef
Carnivore
Plankton
Chlorophyll
41. An organism's unique place in the environment.
El Nino
Seed
Flower
Niche
42. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Chemotherapy
Angiosperm
Genus
43. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Esophagus
Intestine
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Magma
44. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Crust
Eukaryotic cells
Circulatory System
Parasitism
45. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Anemometer
Magma
Moraine
Pupa
46. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Base
Anemometer
Climate
Nucleus
47. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Magma
Knot
Alleles
Nerve
48. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Insulin
Core
Diabetes
Summer Solstice
49. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Acceleratrion
Crust
Summer Solstice
Alleles
50. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Hypothesis
Niche
Carcinoma
Diploid Cell
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