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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Haploid Cell
Nymph
Chemotherapy
Air Pressure
2. A ridge built in water by organisms such as coral.
Radiocarbon Dating
Pollination
Reef
Insulin
3. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Nebula
Plankton
Cloud
Chinook Wind
4. This primary component of chromosomes carries an organisms genetic code.
Classical genetics
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Clone
5. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Esophagus
Nebula
Carnivore
Embryo
6. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Neuron
Germination
Nerve
7. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Germination
Heart
California current
Chromosome
8. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Paleontology
Central Nervous System
Ecosystem
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
9. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Deposition
Marsupial
Insulin
Seed
10. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Seed
Endoskeleton
Double Helix
Plate Tectonics
11. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Gill
Niche
Permafrost
Continental Divide
12. A solute that accepts protons.
Base
Canopy
Double Helix
Embryo
13. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.
Nerve
Endoskeleton
Intestine
Phloem
14. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.
Phloem
Flower
Knot
Dynamcis
15. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Lipids
Absorption
Carcinogen
Chemotherapy
16. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
Embryo
Altimeter
Chemotherapy
17. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Pupa
Pollination
Cloud
Fruit
18. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Phloem
Circulatory System
Permafrost
Phylum
19. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Sonic Boom
Carnivore
Ceilometer
Herbivore
20. 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.
Neuron
Carnivore
Diploid Cell
Atmosphere
21. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Commensalism
Acceleratrion
Jet Stream
Climate
22. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Tree Rings
Air Pressure
Glucose
Nebula
23. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Cloud
Chlorophyll
Wind Chill
Enzyme
24. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Diabetes
Celsius
Crust
Base
25. 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.
Metamorphosis
Nebula
Neuron
Pollination
26. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Epicenter
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Chinook Wind
Air Pressure
27. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Ecosystem
Central Nervous System
Epicenter
Air Pressure
28. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.
Altimeter
Deposition
Niche
Gill
29. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Eukaryotic cells
Chinook Wind
El Nino
Placenta
30. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Ecosystem
Auxins
Lipids
Perennials
31. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Alleles
Intestine
Rainbow
Pollination
32. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Plankton
Altimeter
Kelvin
Equinox
33. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Phylum
Lenticular Cloud
Charge
Meiosis
34. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Chromosome
Nucleus
Ecology
Magma
35. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Placenta
Magma
Moraine
Double Helix
36. The portion of the Earth from beneath the mantle to the Earth's center.
Gut
Core
Carcinoma
Nerve
37. A substance that can lead to cancer.
Moraine
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Carcinogen
Classical genetics
38. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.
Blood
Classical genetics
Vernal Equinox
Phylum
39. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Cross - Pollination
Annuals
Summer Solstice
Diploid Cell
40. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Kelvin
Chromosome
Crust
Sonic Boom
41. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Absorption
Rainbow
Genus
Diploid Cell
42. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Celsius
Auxins
Carnivore
Cell
43. 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.
Pupa
Neuron
Jet Stream
Niche
44. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Carcinoma
Embryo
Circulatory System
Fossil
45. Cell division consisting of prophase - metaphase - anaphase - and telophase - that usually creats in two new nuclei - each with a full set of chromosomes.
Gut
Mitosis
Genus
Continental Divide
46. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.
Enzyme
Circulatory System
Anemometer
Permafrost
47. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Classical genetics
Meiosis
Glucose
Core
48. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.
Phylum
California current
Permafrost
Mirage
49. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Genus
Binary Fission
Plate Tectonics
Air Pressure
50. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Nebula
Niche
Cross - Pollination
Mirage