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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






2. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






3. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.






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






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






6. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.






7. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






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






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






10. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.






11. An instrument that measures cloud height.






12. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






13. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






14. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






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






16. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






17. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.






18. The flow of a charge.






19. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.






20. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






21. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






22. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






24. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






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






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






28. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.






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






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






31. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.






32. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.






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






34. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






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






36. A solute the denotes protons.






37. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.






38. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






39. Evidence of past life.






40. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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