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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Haploid Cell
Gamete
California current
Chromosome
2. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Radiocarbon Dating
Equinox
Meiosis
Pollination
3. An identical copy of an organism.
Hypothesis
Genus
Clone
Auxins
4. The study of what causes motion.
Dynamcis
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Crust
Flower
5. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Parasitism
Interferon
Germination
Cloud
6. 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.
Intestine
Climate
Reef
Isotope
7. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Radiocarbon Dating
Plankton
Herbivore
Niche
8. 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.
El Nino
Atmosphere
Gut
Ecosystem
9. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Pollination
Plankton
Magma
Altimeter
10. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Seed
Canopy
Plankton
Dynamcis
11. The process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells.
Meiosis
Embryo
Seed
Asexual reproduction
12. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Cell
Interferon
Insulin
13. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.
Ceilometer
Ecosystem
Placenta
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
14. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Embryo
Dynamcis
Nerve
Altimeter
15. A solute the denotes protons.
Mirage
Acid
Seed
Chlorophyll
16. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.
Wind Chill
Ecosystem
Acceleratrion
Fossil
17. 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
California current
Commensalism
Vernal Equinox
18. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Eukaryotic cells
Lipids
Continental Divide
Double Helix
19. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.
Estuary
Interferon
Chemotherapy
California current
20. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Jet Stream
Endocrine system
Marsupial
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
21. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.
Perennials
Binary Fission
Gamete
Weathering
22. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Embryo
Alleles
Hypothesis
Cell
23. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.
Binary Fission
Gill
Lenticular Cloud
Annuals
24. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Nerve
Interferon
Pollination
Angiosperm
25. 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.
Chinook Wind
Genus
Mirage
Jet Stream
26. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Absorption
Acceleratrion
Diploid Cell
Chlorophyll
27. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.
Marsupial
Carnivore
Base
Nerve
28. Study and interpretation of fossils.
Tree Rings
Reef
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Paleontology
29. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Seed
Continental Divide
Lipids
Absorption
30. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Ecosystem
Virga
Endocrine system
Circulatory System
31. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Mitosis
Paleontology
Air Pressure
Lipids
32. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
Estuary
Angiosperm
Bacillus
33. The level of plant and animal between the species and the family.
Fossil
Isotope
Estuary
Genus
34. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Absorption
Charge
Haploid Cell
Climate
35. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Gamete
Pupa
Convection
Parasitism
36. `An important class of plant hormones associated with growth patterns.
Acid
Tree Rings
Kelvin
Auxins
37. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Base
Blood
Alleles
Double Helix
38. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Insulin
Weathering
Pupa
39. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Reef
Magma
Chinook Wind
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
40. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.
Diabetes
Asexual reproduction
Glucose
Rainbow
41. 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.
Chlorophyll
Kelvin
Paleontology
Nebula
42. A rod - shaped bacteria.
Carnivore
Lipids
Bacillus
Estuary
43. An organsim that eats meat - which includes animals - fungi - and plants.
Rainbow
Carnivore
Condensation
Acid
44. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Angiosperm
Climate
Fossil
Bacillus
45. Material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glacier's furthest advance.
Convection
Phylum
Moraine
Atmosphere
46. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Chromosome
Gamete
Moraine
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
47. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Summer Solstice
Knot
Commensalism
Plankton
48. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Absorption
Chinook Wind
Hypothesis
Sonic Boom
49. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Acceleratrion
Seed
Ceilometer
Intestine
50. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Condensation
Gut
Niche
Acceleratrion