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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Neuron
Absorption
Pupa
Permafrost
2. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Wind Chill
Alleles
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Crust
3. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Ecology
Nebula
Lenticular Cloud
Flower
4. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Nucleus
Celsius
California current
Wind Chill
5. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Mirage
Eukaryotic cells
Ecology
Classical genetics
6. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Fruit
Nymph
Genus
Celsius
7. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Isotope
Esophagus
Interferon
8. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Embryo
Diploid Cell
Binary Fission
Fossil
9. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Endoskeleton
Blood
Canopy
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
10. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Atmosphere
Blood
Interferon
Eukaryotic cells
11. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Ecology
Larva
Heart
Convection
12. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
California current
Acid
Marsupial
13. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Paleontology
Placenta
Mitosis
Core
14. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Deposition
Ceilometer
Nerve
Isotope
15. 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.
Chromosome
Endocrine system
Nerve
Atmosphere
16. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Germination
Alleles
Hypothesis
Mantle
17. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Lipids
Heart
Sonic Boom
Carnivore
18. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Condensation
Commensalism
Plankton
Dynamcis
19. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Mantle
Ceilometer
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Deposition
20. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
California current
Chlorophyll
Sonic Boom
Radiocarbon Dating
21. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Heart
Plankton
Crust
Mitosis
22. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Cross - Pollination
Vernal Equinox
Chinook Wind
Germination
23. Reproduction involving only one parent.
Virga
Asexual reproduction
Canopy
Equinox
24. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Haploid Cell
Endocrine system
Double Helix
Sonic Boom
25. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Mantle
Lenticular Cloud
Larva
Deposition
26. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Chromosome
Heart
Rainbow
Parasitism
27. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Nerve
Phylum
Altimeter
Enzyme
28. Plants that die after one growing season.
Epicenter
Eukaryotic cells
Isotope
Annuals
29. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Glucose
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Gill
30. 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.
Climate
Annuals
Kelvin
Isotope
31. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Asexual reproduction
Glucose
Air Pressure
El Nino
32. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Pollination
Estuary
Dynamcis
Neuron
33. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Knot
Metamorphosis
Perennials
Absorption
34. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Phylum
Insulin
Vernal Equinox
Deposition
35. An organism's unique place in the environment.
Niche
Carcinogen
Commensalism
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
36. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Diabetes
Pupa
Tree Rings
Classical genetics
37. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Lipids
Nymph
Knot
Nucleus
38. A solute that accepts protons.
Air Pressure
Mitosis
Base
Continental Divide
39. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Clone
Plate Tectonics
Diploid Cell
Ecosystem
40. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Nucleus
Neuron
Radiocarbon Dating
Ecology
41. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Isotope
Binary Fission
Knot
Niche
42. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Meiosis
Endocrine system
Absorption
Crust
43. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Central Nervous System
Cell
Core
Gut
44. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Marsupial
Equinox
Esophagus
Moraine
45. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Fruit
Lipids
Angiosperm
Core
46. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.
Climate
Herbivore
Seed
Annuals
47. The study of what causes motion.
Permafrost
Double Helix
Dynamcis
Weathering
48. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Radiocarbon Dating
Nebula
Clone
Convection
49. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Epicenter
Seed
Angiosperm
Jet Stream
50. The flow of a charge.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Perennials
Seed
Tree Rings