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CSET Science Vocab 2
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1. 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.
Ceilometer
Rainbow
Marsupial
Kelvin
2. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.
Double Helix
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Nimbostratus
Nebula
3. A cell with one set of chromosomes - which is half the regular (diploid) number.
Reef
Haploid Cell
Knot
Deposition
4. A hormone needed to transpost glucose to cells.
Carcinoma
Circulatory System
Knot
Insulin
5. Compounds that are fats and oils.
Herbivore
Carcinoma
Lipids
Anemometer
6. Molten rock flormed in the Earth that may appear on the surface.
Electric Current (direct - alternating)
Nymph
Magma
Weathering
7. Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Chlorophyll
Plate Tectonics
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
8. The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often caused by convection.
Blood
Convection
Chinook Wind
Central Nervous System
9. An kinterstellar cloud of dust and gas.
Central Nervous System
Nebula
Radiocarbon Dating
Summer Solstice
10. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.
Genus
Estuary
Core
Sonic Boom
11. 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.
Continental Divide
Canopy
Gamete
Neuron
12. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.
Neuron
Central Nervous System
Canopy
Circulatory System
13. A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Haploid Cell
Nymph
Cloud
Ecology
14. The part of Earth located between the crust and the core.
Nymph
Eukaryotic cells
Gut
Mantle
15. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.
Hypothesis
Vernal Equinox
Commensalism
Asexual reproduction
16. Evidence of past life.
Commensalism
Fossil
Niche
Altimeter
17. The rate of change of an objects velocity.
Genus
Charge
Magma
Acceleratrion
18. Precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the Earth's surface.
Core
Virga
El Nino
Sonic Boom
19. 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.
Jet Stream
Metamorphosis
Reef
Auxins
20. A simple sugar and a product of photosynethesis.
Glucose
Chromosome
Reef
Carcinoma
21. Reproductive haploid cells that combine to creat a zygote.
Metamorphosis
Seed
Gamete
Air Pressure
22. Plants that die after one growing season.
Lenticular Cloud
Paleontology
Deposition
Annuals
23. The study of what causes motion.
Hypothesis
Jet Stream
Climate
Dynamcis
24. The framework for the attatchment of skeletal muscles in vertebrates that also protect vital organs.
Condensation
Endoskeleton
Chemotherapy
Convection
25. Fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant species.
Nymph
Endocrine system
Cross - Pollination
Meiosis
26. Rings that show how many years a tree has been growing. The thickness of the rings may reveal other information about climatic conditions.
Kelvin
Acceleratrion
Tree Rings
Wind Chill
27. 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.
Anemometer
Sonic Boom
Isotope
Ceilometer
28. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
Ceilometer
Interferon
Hypothesis
Central Nervous System
29. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
Radiocarbon Dating
Base
Genus
30. The study of the patterns and mechanisms of the transmission of inherited traits from one generation to another.
Classical genetics
Neuron
Summer Solstice
Flower
31. The place on the surface of the Earth immediately above the 'focus' of an earthquake.
Larva
Haploid Cell
Epicenter
Estuary
32. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.
Carbohydrates (Saccharides)
Weathering
Eukaryotic cells
Paleontology
33. A malignant tumor - which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Classical genetics
Chromosome
Carcinoma
Chemotherapy
34. The loutermost layer of the earth.
Crust
Nerve
Heart
Cross - Pollination
35. A system for transporting nutrients and other essential materials throughout the body.
Bacillus
Chromosome
Air Pressure
Circulatory System
36. A single DNA molecule - a tightly coiled strand of DNA - condensed into a compact structure.
Nucleus
Chromosome
Commensalism
Celsius
37. 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.
Summer Solstice
Carcinoma
Atmosphere
Lenticular Cloud
38. In the mateamorphosis of insects - the larva becomes a pupa before it becomes an adult.
Parasitism
Fossil
Deposition
Larva
39. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.
Continental Divide
Dynamcis
Condensation
Seed
40. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.
Embryo
Herbivore
Ecology
Mantle
41. The process by which gas reverts back to liquid phase.
Carcinoma
Convection
Jet Stream
Condensation
42. The part of flowering plants that contains seeds.
Fruit
Continental Divide
Ceilometer
Chinook Wind
43. The movement of plates and the interaction across the Earth's surface to form land masses.
Gut
Plate Tectonics
Plankton
Air Pressure
44. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary - which mat mature into a fruit.
Charge
Angiosperm
Phloem
Chemotherapy
45. Movement of pollen to a plant egg cell - often b y wind - bees - or other animals.
Condensation
Ecology
Convection
Pollination
46. An excess or deficiency of electrons in a body.
Acceleratrion
Continental Divide
Estuary
Charge
47. A colorless - odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Circulatory System
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Celsius
Auxins
48. A process through which organisms make nutrients available to cells.
Anemometer
California current
Absorption
Nerve
49. Calender days when the day and night are the same length.
Nerve
Flower
Larva
Equinox
50. Different versions of a gene in a population.
Mirage
Haploid Cell
Alleles
Permafrost