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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. Cellular division to create sex cells called haploids.
Galaxies
Mitosis
shape of the Milky Way
Meiosis
2. 1. State the problem. 2. Form a hypothesis. 3. Observe and experiment. 4. Interpret the data. 5. Draw conclusions.
How waves are created
Steps for the Scientific Method
Mutualism
Color
3. It spreads the work over a greater distance along the planes of the wedge.
wedge
Isotope
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Diploid cell
4. The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun.
Solar eclipse
life cycle of a frog
Neap tides
Flowering plants
5. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism
types of symbiotic relationships
Tides
Telophase
layers of the Earth?
6. As temperature increases volume also increases
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7. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater
forces that cause changes in motion
Atomic Number
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Suspension
8. 1. homeostasis 2. organization 3. metabolism 4. growth 5. adaptation 6. response to stimuli 7. reproduction
Convection
characteristics of life?
Bonds
Ionic Bonds
9. Force = Mass X Acceleration
layers of the Earth?
Cell wall
Law of Acceleration
forces that cause changes in motion
10. Is a homogeneous mixture in which one substance has dissolved into the other - example: salt water
Weathering
Doppler Effect
Solution
Mixture
11. Has a pair of chromosomes
Diploid cell
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Cell membrane
Centrifugal force
12. 1. prophase 2. metaphase 3. anaphase 4. telophase
Tides
the stages of mitosis?
Atomic Mass
Characteristics of a mammal
13. A change in position
Motion
Flowering plants
Electrolysis
Commensalism
14. A material that can be separated by physical means into two or more substances.
Half life
Steps for the Scientific Method
Mixture
Mitochondria
15. Cell begins to split
Parasitism
An atom with an imbalance charge
Anaphase
three states of matter
16. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform
major fault types
Speed
Atomic Number
Geologic timescale
17. Causes salt to move across a permeable membrane from an area of greater salinity to an area of lesser salinity.
Osmosis
Newton's Laws of Motion
Motion
Parasitism
18. A group which resembles the experimental group in all other ways - but on which the hypothesis is not tested. In some clinical trials the control group is given a placebo.
Motion
Charles' Law
Refraction of light
Control group
19. Are a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point (with regularity between points)
Protostar
Waves
Charles' Law
Telophase
20. An atom that has a different number of neutrons than its normal amount.
The Theory of Relativity states
Isotope
Spring tides
Tides
21. 1. kingdom 2. phylum 3. class 4. order 5. family 6. genus 7. species
characteristics of life?
categories of taxonomy?
Atomic Mass
Quantum Theory states that
22. Duplicates genetic material
A balanced atom
Atomic Number
Prophase
Natural selection
23. A group of subjects upon which a hypothesis is tested.
Electrons
Steps for the Scientific Method
Experimental group
the stages of mitosis?
24. Is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
Electrolysis
Cytoplasm
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Element
25. The amount of matter that makes up an atom. You can estimate an atom's atomic mass by adding up the total number of protons and neutrons.
life cycle of a butterfly
Atomic Mass
major types of rocks on the Earth?
Fulcrum
26. Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy
Diploid cell
Chloroplast
Ribosomes
Carbon 14
27. That space and time are relative - not absolute concepts
Law of Acceleration
The Theory of Relativity states
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
wedge
28. Can occur by chemical means such as acid rain or physical means - such as wind - rain and ice.
Flowering plants
Velocity
Weathering
Suspension
29. Because carbon bonds readily with a variety of different elements and compounds - making possible the great chemical complexity necessary for life.
Diploid cell
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Most isotopes
Galaxies
30. Anything that has mass and takes up space
layers of the Earth?
Matter
Neutrons
Cell wall
31. The capacity to work
Most isotopes
A balanced atom
Convection
energy
32. Spiral disk with several long arms.
Boyle's Law
Law of Inertia
shape of the Milky Way
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
33. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.
Sound waves
forces that cause changes in motion
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Prophase
34. This is the motion of objects emitting or reflecting sound waves changing their frequency.
Doppler Effect
Acceleration
Flowering plants
Half life
35. Grain like organelles that produce proteins
Neap tides
Ribosomes
Geotropism
Carbon
36. Both members of a symbiotic relationship benefit
Mutualism
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Temperature
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
37. Stores food and other materials needed by the cell
Vacuole
Speed
pH
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
38. 1. by row 2. atomic number and mass increase as you move left to right and top to bottom
Atomic Mass
Seasons
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
The law of Conservation of Matter
39. Are affected by the angle from which we view the moon.
The Theory of Relativity states
Lunar phases
The Law of Gravity
Boyle's Law
40. Control center of the cell
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
major types of rocks on the Earth?
An atom with an imbalance charge
Nucleus
41. Within compounds - the various atoms making up molecules are held together by...
Kinetic energy is
Natural selection
factors that cause a substance to change state
Bonds
42. Is a method of separating ions within a substance by passing electrical current through the substance
pH
wedge
Protons
Electrolysis
43. Protects and supports the cell
Cell wall
Motion
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
The Law of Gravity
44. Occurs when cooler portions of a liquid or gas flow in to take the place of hotter - rising portions.
Element
Cytoplasm
Carbon
Convection
45. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate
Half life
Boyle's Law
Speed
Weathering
46. 1. puzzle piece argument 2. sea floor spreading 3. fossil records
evidences for continental drift
Mixture
Male sex organ on a flower
Centrifugal force
47. When the Moon or the Sun are pulling at perpendicular angles we get less extreme tides.
Lunar eclipse
Neap tides
Mitochondria
Newton's Laws of Motion
48. Angiosperms
Stars
The Theory of Relativity states
Flowering plants
the stages of mitosis?
49. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Spring tides
Half life
50. Causes beneficial traits to be propagated and detrimental traits to be eliminated.
Natural selection
Solar eclipse
Convection
Osmosis