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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Evidence of past life.
Fossil
Asexual reproduction
Herbivore
Dynamcis
2. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Genus
Heart
Ecology
Endocrine system
3. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Alleles
Chromosome
Chemotherapy
Genus
4. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Continental Divide
Kelvin
Eukaryotic cells
Enzyme
5. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Genus
Altimeter
Plankton
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
6. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Ceilometer
Embryo
Angiosperm
Moraine
7. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Glucose
Gamete
Mirage
Ecosystem
8. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Nucleus
Knot
Weathering
Carnivore
9. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Enzyme
Continental Divide
Metamorphosis
Bacillus
10. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.
Eukaryotic cells
Flower
Chlorophyll
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
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
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Ecosystem
Endocrine system
12. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Isotope
Placenta
Larva
Reef
13. In most Amphibians - a process in which larve goes through significant changes - perhaps including a pupa stage - before becoming an adult.
Condensation
Metamorphosis
Haploid Cell
Flower
14. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.
Herbivore
Crust
Annuals
California current
15. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Reef
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Radiocarbon Dating
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
16. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Perennials
Gamete
Vernal Equinox
Asexual reproduction
17. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Plankton
Tree Rings
Pupa
Mitosis
18. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Mirage
Nebula
Ceilometer
Marsupial
19. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Eukaryotic cells
Neuron
Climate
Estuary
20. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Nebula
Rainbow
Crust
Condensation
21. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Kelvin
Chlorophyll
Interferon
Altimeter
22. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Placenta
Seed
Mantle
Marsupial
23. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.
Altimeter
Nerve
Esophagus
Nebula
24. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Alleles
Placenta
Haploid Cell
25. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Canopy
Charge
Lenticular Cloud
Metamorphosis
26. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Carcinoma
Core
Meiosis
Altimeter
27. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Air Pressure
Carnivore
Eukaryotic cells
Lenticular Cloud
28. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Cell
Central Nervous System
Interferon
Parasitism
29. A relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die - even though the second organism may be harmed.
Parasitism
Kelvin
Plate Tectonics
Gamete
30. 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.
Nerve
Chemotherapy
Isotope
Permafrost
31. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Anemometer
Virga
Chemotherapy
Isotope
32. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Herbivore
Tree Rings
Commensalism
Mantle
33. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Endocrine system
Ecosystem
Weathering
Anemometer
34. An instrument to measure wind speed.
Blood
Nimbostratus
Enzyme
Anemometer
35. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Nucleus
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Interferon
Nimbostratus
36. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Condensation
Lenticular Cloud
Endocrine system
Chinook Wind
37. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Mirage
Cloud
Isotope
Auxins
38. A solute the denotes protons.
Clone
Acid
Chromosome
Cloud
39. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Chinook Wind
Asexual reproduction
Plankton
Perennials
40. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Convection
Alleles
El Nino
Celsius
41. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Chromosome
Mitosis
Chinook Wind
Insulin
42. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic Boom
Gill
Vernal Equinox
Meiosis
43. Plants that die after one growing season.
Jet Stream
Annuals
Lipids
Moraine
44. 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.
Acceleratrion
Crust
Neuron
Atmosphere
45. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Nymph
Equinox
Lenticular Cloud
Insulin
46. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Ceilometer
Isotope
Double Helix
Convection
47. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Esophagus
Carcinoma
Classical genetics
Auxins
48. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinogen
Phloem
Moraine
Estuary
49. 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.
Summer Solstice
Equinox
Knot
Plate Tectonics
50. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Deposition
Heart
Fruit
Plate Tectonics