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CSET Science Vocab 2

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1. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).






2. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.






3. The flow of a charge.






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






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






6. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.






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






8. A dry - north wind in late spring - summer - and early fall in north and central California.






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






10. Reproduction involving only one parent.






11. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.






12. A bundle of neurons - or nerve cells.






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






14. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.






15. Plants that die after one growing season.






16. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






18. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.






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






20. A warm - dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.






21. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






22. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.






23. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.






24. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.






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






26. An almond shaped cloud usually seen on windy days.






27. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.






28. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






29. A mammal whose young crawl into it's mothers pouch to complete development.






30. The loutermost layer of the earth.






31. A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to mailgnant cells.






32. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






33. An identical copy of an organism.






34. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.






35. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






36. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






37. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.






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






39. Different versions of a gene in a population.






40. 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.






41. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.






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






43. Warming of Pacific Ocean seawater along the coast of South America that leads to significant weather changes in the United States.






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






45. An instrument to measure wind speed.






46. That part of the body cavity between the mouth and the anus including in most animals the mouth - the pharynx - esophagus - stomach - intestine - and the anus.






47. A preliminary proposition that can be tested through scientific study.






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






49. The reproductive mechanism of prokaryotes.






50. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.







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