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CSET Science Vocab 2

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






2. A way to date organic substances based on the carbon -14 remaining.






3. A disease related to lower levels of insulin.






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






5. One nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 miles per hour.






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






7. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.






8. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.






9. Reproduction involving only one parent.






10. The fundamental unit of all life. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane - the cytoplasm - and the genetic material (DNA).






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






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






13. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.






14. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.






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






16. A place whjere frsh water and seawater mix.






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






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






19. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.






20. 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.






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






22. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.






23. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






25. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.






26. Study and interpretation of fossils.






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






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






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






30. The tissue in plants that conducts nutrients.






31. Evidence of past life.






32. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






33. The flow of a charge.






34. The study of what causes motion.






35. An instrument to measure wind speed.






36. The process by which seeds develop into seedlings.






37. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






38. A rod - shaped bacteria.






39. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.






40. All the organisms in an area and the environment in which they live.






41. In metamorphosis - the stage between the larva and adult.






42. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.






43. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






44. A muscle that pumps to circulate the blood.






45. The rate of change of an objects velocity.






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






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






48. Plants that live through more than one growing season.






49. The loutermost layer of the earth.






50. Compounds that are fats and oils.