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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinogen
Asexual reproduction
Endocrine system
Equinox
2. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Deposition
Continental Divide
Gill
Neuron
3. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Rainbow
Haploid Cell
Hypothesis
Condensation
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.
Anemometer
Glucose
Placenta
Neuron
5. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Acceleratrion
Haploid Cell
Intestine
6. A solute that accepts protons.
Tree Rings
Asexual reproduction
Base
Diabetes
7. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Esophagus
Wind Chill
Neuron
Kelvin
8. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Gill
Perennials
Seed
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
9. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Radiocarbon Dating
Endoskeleton
Heart
Pollination
10. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Endocrine system
Lipids
Flower
Atmosphere
11. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook Wind
Larva
Gamete
Enzyme
12. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Isotope
Nucleus
Endoskeleton
Nerve
13. Evidence of past life.
Air Pressure
Fossil
Perennials
Epicenter
14. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Rainbow
Convection
Central Nervous System
Plate Tectonics
15. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Marsupial
Germination
Celsius
Mirage
16. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Intestine
Phloem
Binary Fission
Nimbostratus
17. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Plate Tectonics
Niche
El Nino
Embryo
18. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Classical genetics
Diploid Cell
Equinox
Altimeter
19. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Carnivore
Cloud
Marsupial
Tree Rings
20. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Epicenter
Placenta
Gill
Endoskeleton
21. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Perennials
Cross - Pollination
Chemotherapy
Continental Divide
22. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Fruit
Continental Divide
Auxins
Central Nervous System
23. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Weathering
Larva
Gut
Nimbostratus
24. 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.
Flower
Haploid Cell
Meiosis
Jet Stream
25. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Charge
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Ecosystem
Chemotherapy
26. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Equinox
Celsius
Pollination
Haploid Cell
27. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Asexual reproduction
Alleles
Diploid Cell
Ecology
28. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
California current
Diabetes
Paleontology
Interferon
29. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Gill
Chlorophyll
Insulin
Climate
30. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Condensation
Base
Gut
Plate Tectonics
31. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Chromosome
Tree Rings
Herbivore
Reef
32. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
Sonic Boom
Plate Tectonics
Eukaryotic cells
33. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Knot
Asexual reproduction
Vernal Equinox
Diploid Cell
34. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Double Helix
Cross - Pollination
Alleles
Endoskeleton
35. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Continental Divide
Alleles
Chinook Wind
Eukaryotic cells
36. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Carcinogen
Knot
Plankton
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
37. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Acceleratrion
Angiosperm
Neuron
Tree Rings
38. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Classical genetics
Parasitism
Knot
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
39. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Jet Stream
Moraine
Cross - Pollination
Hypothesis
40. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
California current
Haploid Cell
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Mirage
41. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Crust
Nymph
Chromosome
Phylum
42. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Gamete
Lipids
Seed
Phylum
43. 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.
Circulatory System
Atmosphere
Insulin
Acceleratrion
44. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Lenticular Cloud
Canopy
Circulatory System
Interferon
45. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Diabetes
Eukaryotic cells
Acid
Canopy
46. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Niche
Convection
Epicenter
Canopy
47. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Classical genetics
Metamorphosis
Chemotherapy
Ceilometer
48. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Larva
Blood
Ecosystem
Heart
49. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Genus
Ecology
Equinox
Carcinoma
50. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Canopy
Permafrost
Epicenter
Seed