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CSET Science Vocab 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organism that relies primarily on plants for food.






2. The study of what causes motion.






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






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






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






6. The loutermost layer of the earth.






7. The physical - chemical - and biological processes by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.






8. In the United States - the part of the western mountains that seperates water flowing toward opposite sides of the country.






9. An organellein a cell that contains chromosomes.






10. 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.






11. A relationship between disimilar organisms that is adventageous to one and doesn't affect the other.






12. The digestive tract between the stomach and anus where most nutrients are absorbed.






13. An instrument to measure wind speed.






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. A rod - shaped bacteria.






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






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






21. 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.






22. Plants that die after one growing season.






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






24. When the sun is directly over the equator. This date usually occurs on March 20.






25. Long term patterns of temperature - humidity and amount of sunshine.






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






27. A protein that aids biochemical reactions.






28. A tissue in the uterus through which nutrients pass from the mother to the fetus.






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






30. A loud nise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound.






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






32. An organism's unique place in the environment.






33. The tissues aquatic animals use to breath in water.






34. The movement and collision of gas molecules in the atmosphere that can form into high or low pressure areas.






35. The reproductive parts of flowering plants.






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






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






38. The phenomenon when refraction of light makes objects appear where they are not.






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. The larval stage of an aquatic insect.






44. Small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.






45. 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.






46. A term used to describe the coiling strands of DNA molecule that resembles a spiral staircase.






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






48. Biological molecules that have important roles in energy metabolism and storage as well as the structure of cells and organisms.






49. Multicellular organisms whose cells contain organelles.






50. A layer of tree bramches and other vegetation elevated above ground.






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