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CSET Science Vocab 2

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.






2. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.






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






4. 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.






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






6. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.






7. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.






8. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.






9. The flow of a charge.






10. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.






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






12. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






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






14. Reproduction involving only one parent.






15. A substance that can lead to cancer.






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






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






18. A solute the denotes protons.






19. Study and interpretation of fossils.






20. A rod - shaped bacteria.






21. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






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






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






25. Evidence of past life.






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






31. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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






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






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






35. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.






36. The study of what causes motion.






37. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.






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






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






40. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.






41. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






42. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






43. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






44. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






45. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.






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






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






48. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.






49. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






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