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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Canopy
Weathering
Gill
Parasitism
2. A level of plant and animal classification between class and kingdom.
Diploid Cell
Alleles
Phylum
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
3. Evidence of past life.
Fossil
Crust
Chinook Wind
Flower
4. In plants - a seed includes the embryo.
Auxins
Double Helix
Estuary
Seed
5. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.
Eukaryotic cells
Heart
Central Nervous System
Germination
6. A solute the denotes protons.
Acid
Nymph
Continental Divide
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
7. The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
Nebula
Glucose
Wind Chill
8. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Nymph
Chinook Wind
California current
Crust
9. The network of glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Diabetes
Chemotherapy
Ecosystem
Endocrine system
10. A system comprised of the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates that process and store information.
Parasitism
Base
Central Nervous System
Heart
11. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Flower
Permafrost
Charge
Endoskeleton
12. An instrument that measures cloud height.
Moraine
Ceilometer
Absorption
Continental Divide
13. The part of the gut that connects the pharynx and stomach.
Absorption
Equinox
Esophagus
Embryo
14. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Continental Divide
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Larva
Magma
15. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.
Pupa
Gill
Insulin
Reef
16. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.
Ceilometer
Radiocarbon Dating
Eukaryotic cells
Pupa
17. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Alleles
Chromosome
Cell
Kelvin
18. Plants that live through more than one growing season.
Chromosome
Perennials
Diploid Cell
Continental Divide
19. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Commensalism
Binary Fission
Anemometer
Circulatory System
20. The flow of a charge.
Placenta
Intestine
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Binary Fission
21. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Cross - Pollination
Carcinoma
Sonic Boom
Jet Stream
22. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Nymph
Gut
Pollination
Binary Fission
23. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.
Intestine
Mitosis
Enzyme
Core
24. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Fruit
Cross - Pollination
Equinox
Parasitism
25. Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal - distributing nutrients - and usually oxygen.
Blood
Annuals
Intestine
Summer Solstice
26. Floating aquatic plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton).
Plankton
Lenticular Cloud
Mantle
Chromosome
27. The study of what causes motion.
Meiosis
Plate Tectonics
Celsius
Dynamcis
28. 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.
Atmosphere
Crust
Gut
Celsius
29. Light refracted through raindrops to form colors of a spectrum from red to blue.
Rainbow
Atmosphere
Radiocarbon Dating
Mirage
30. A dark cloud - but not a thundercloud - the frequently produces rain.
Nimbostratus
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Endoskeleton
Phylum
31. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.
Air Pressure
Radiocarbon Dating
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Mirage
32. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Glucose
Plankton
Absorption
Intestine
33. The process by which gas changes directly to the solid phase.
Commensalism
Crust
Deposition
Mantle
34. 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.
Permafrost
Summer Solstice
Alleles
Nerve
35. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
Weathering
Nymph
Eukaryotic cells
Epicenter
36. A cell with two copies of each chromosome.
Diploid Cell
Lenticular Cloud
Gamete
Endocrine system
37. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Marsupial
Equinox
Perennials
Moraine
38. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Celsius
Glucose
Hypothesis
Diploid Cell
39. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.
Permafrost
Nimbostratus
Nucleus
Intestine
40. The study of the interactions of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Cross - Pollination
Seed
Ecology
Phloem
41. 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.
El Nino
Jet Stream
Cell
Moraine
42. An identical copy of an organism.
Gut
Canopy
Flower
Clone
43. A temperature scale in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Heart
Annuals
Endocrine system
Celsius
44. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Epicenter
Nebula
Heart
Fruit
45. The stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote.
Germination
Niche
Embryo
Endoskeleton
46. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Fossil
Lipids
Chlorophyll
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
47. An instrument that uses air pressure to record height - such as the height of a plane.
Meiosis
Chromosome
Eukaryotic cells
Altimeter
48. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.
Chemotherapy
Larva
Estuary
Kelvin
49. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Absorption
Endoskeleton
Classical genetics
Epicenter
50. The combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. Higher wind chills indicate that a body will cool more quickly to the air temperature.
Virga
Central Nervous System
Wind Chill
Chinook Wind