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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






2. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.






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






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






5. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






7. Different versions of a gene in a population.






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






9. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






10. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.






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






12. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






13. The flow of a charge.






14. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.






15. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






16. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.






17. A substance that can lead to cancer.






18. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






19. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.






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






21. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






22. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






23. 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.






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






25. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






26. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






27. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.






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






29. The study of what causes motion.






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






34. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.






35. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






36. An instrument that measures cloud height.






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






38. An identical copy of an organism.






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






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






41. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






42. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.






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






44. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.






45. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






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






47. The loutermost layer of the earth.






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






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






50. A solute the denotes protons.