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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Carcinogen
Flower
Eukaryotic cells
Niche
2. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Moraine
Equinox
Cross - Pollination
Celsius
3. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Vernal Equinox
Perennials
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Estuary
4. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Acceleratrion
Nimbostratus
Absorption
Gut
5. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Permafrost
Insulin
Canopy
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
6. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Binary Fission
Carcinogen
Base
Tree Rings
7. The loutermost layer of the earth.
California current
Crust
Cell
Lipids
8. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Ecology
Mirage
Heart
Gamete
9. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Equinox
Anemometer
Carcinoma
10. 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.
Neuron
Hypothesis
Deposition
Weathering
11. 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.
Kelvin
Parasitism
Acid
Binary Fission
12. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Diabetes
Charge
Equinox
Nebula
13. When the sun is highest in the sky and directly above the Tropic of Cancer 23 1/2 degrees North Latitude. This date usually falls on June 22.
Phylum
Charge
Summer Solstice
California current
14. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.
Placenta
Phylum
Hypothesis
Phloem
15. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Permafrost
Pupa
Carnivore
Eukaryotic cells
16. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Acid
Tree Rings
Enzyme
Chromosome
17. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Condensation
Sonic Boom
Radiocarbon Dating
Reef
18. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Celsius
Absorption
Vernal Equinox
Mitosis
19. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Isotope
California current
Chemotherapy
Circulatory System
20. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Magma
Sonic Boom
Radiocarbon Dating
Meiosis
21. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Chemotherapy
Bacillus
Haploid Cell
Summer Solstice
22. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Seed
Blood
Acid
Anemometer
23. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Placenta
Haploid Cell
Flower
Esophagus
24. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Chlorophyll
Air Pressure
Alleles
Paleontology
25. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Pupa
Niche
Nebula
Meiosis
26. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Mitosis
Alleles
Perennials
Intestine
27. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.
Pupa
Ecosystem
Angiosperm
Nymph
28. The flow of a charge.
Air Pressure
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Metamorphosis
Canopy
29. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Blood
Marsupial
Paleontology
Chlorophyll
30. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Binary Fission
Fruit
Clone
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
31. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Nebula
Cloud
Jet Stream
Reef
32. Strong upper wind currents in a narrow stream that flow west to east in the United States. Weather patterns are related to the position of the jet stream - which changes often.
Jet Stream
Bacillus
Asexual reproduction
Nerve
33. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Blood
Perennials
Anemometer
Climate
34. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Larva
Herbivore
Phylum
35. 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.
Ecology
Nymph
Moraine
Gut
36. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Convection
Nucleus
Canopy
Continental Divide
37. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Binary Fission
Epicenter
Acid
38. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Angiosperm
Fossil
Wind Chill
Herbivore
39. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Vernal Equinox
El Nino
Diploid Cell
Ecosystem
40. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Weathering
Metamorphosis
Fossil
Epicenter
41. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Parasitism
Ceilometer
Lipids
Anemometer
42. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Mirage
Ecology
Base
Nerve
43. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Plankton
Summer Solstice
Embryo
44. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Double Helix
Climate
Metamorphosis
Lenticular Cloud
45. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Plate Tectonics
Reef
Nucleus
Niche
46. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Phylum
Continental Divide
Herbivore
Central Nervous System
47. A solute the denotes protons.
Niche
Magma
Acid
Esophagus
48. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Seed
Circulatory System
Cloud
Nymph
49. An identical copy of an organism.
Sonic Boom
Clone
Equinox
Crust
50. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Annuals
Plankton
Gill
Heart