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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.






2. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.






3. An organism's unique place in the environment.






4. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






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






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






7. A substance that can lead to cancer.






8. The study of what causes motion.






9. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






10. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






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






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






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






14. Soil beneath the earth's surface that stays frozen throughout the year.






15. A solute that accepts protons.






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






17. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.






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






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






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






21. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






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






23. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






24. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






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






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






27. Study and interpretation of fossils.






28. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






29. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.






30. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.






31. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






32. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






34. 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.






35. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






37. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






38. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.






39. 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.






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






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






42. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






44. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.






45. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






46. The flow of a charge.






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






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






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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