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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. When the Moon or the Sun are pulling at perpendicular angles we get less extreme tides.
Atom
evidences for continental drift
Flowering plants
Neap tides
2. Occurs when chemical composition of a substance is altered.
Potential energy is
Chemical Change
Nucleus
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
3. Deoxyribonucleic acid
shape of the Milky Way
Nucleus
Lunar eclipse
DNA
4. A fairly typical main sequence star.
Sun (on HRD)
Compound
Law of Acceleration
How waves are created
5. States that all of the Earth's continents at one time were joined as a single 'super - continent' called Pangaea. Over time - the continents drifted apart.
Atom composition
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Suspension
Control group
6. Stores food and other materials needed by the cell
Ion
Atomic Mass
Vacuole
Cell membrane
7. Stamen
Commensalism
Male sex organ on a flower
Doppler Effect
eclipses
8. Is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.
key stages of the water cycle
Mixture
Atom
major types of rocks on the Earth?
9. This is the motion of objects emitting or reflecting sound waves changing their frequency.
Nucleus
Natural selection
Mitosis
Doppler Effect
10. 1. kingdom 2. phylum 3. class 4. order 5. family 6. genus 7. species
categories of taxonomy?
Chloroplast
Convection
life cycle of a butterfly
11. 1. inner core 2. outer core 3. mantle 4. crust
Suspension
three states of matter
Covalent Bonds
layers of the Earth?
12. One member benefits - the other is unaffected.
Commensalism
Law of Inertia
Stars
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
13. A bond formed when atoms share one or more of their valence electrons.
Displacement
Law of Inertia
The Theory of Relativity states
Covalent Bonds
14. Angiosperms
Tides
Flowering plants
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
15. A material that can be separated by physical means into two or more substances.
Osmosis
Mixture
Potential energy is
Atomic Number
16. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform
Experimental group
major fault types
Boyle's Law
Centrifugal force
17. Describes speed and direction
Velocity
Kinetic energy is
Element
Cell wall
18. The Moon and the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth.
Lunar eclipse
Reflection of light
The law of Conservation of Matter
Protons
19. Is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
Atomic Mass
Commensalism
Element
Waves
20. Matter and energy have the properties of both particles and waves
Quantum Theory states that
Compound
Spring tides
Charles' Law
21. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Ribosomes
Cell membrane
Lunar eclipse
22. 1. incline plane2. wheel and axle 3. lever 4. pulley 5. wedge 6. screw
Vacuole
Most isotopes
wedge
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
23. It spreads the work over a greater distance along the planes of the wedge.
wedge
The Theory of Relativity states
Acceleration
Motion
24. As pressure increases volume decreases
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25. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.
Neutrons
Steps for the Scientific Method
Osmosis
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
26. That matter cannot be created or destroyed; it simply changes form.
Ribosomes
How energy is measured
The law of Conservation of Matter
Displacement
27. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.
The Theory of Relativity states
Stars
Ribosomes
Carbon 14
28. 1. producer 2. primary consumer 3. secondary consumer 4. tertiary consumer 5. decomposer
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
Centrifugal force
A balanced atom
Solution
29. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate
Half life
Boyle's Law
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Atomic Mass
30. 1. negative charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is about 1/1836th of an AMU
Electrons
Characteristics of a mammal
Quantum Theory states that
Neutrons
31. 1. puzzle piece argument 2. sea floor spreading 3. fossil records
Element
factors that cause a substance to change state
evidences for continental drift
Refraction of light
32. Is a substance composed of two or more elements
Control group
Doppler Effect
Compound
categories of taxonomy?
33. The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun.
Element
Solar eclipse
life cycle of a frog
Compound
34. Caused by the Earth's tilt on its axis. As it revolves arond the Sun - the tilt causes each hemisphere to receive more direct exposure at certain times in its orbit.
Steps for the Scientific Method
Electrons
Isotope
Seasons
35. C14 dating only works on organisms that died less than _____ years ago.
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Centrifugal force
50000
Sound waves
36. Forms the key building block at an atomic level.
Prophase
Carbon
life cycle of a butterfly
major fault types
37. A change in position
Motion
Flowering plants
Diploid cell
Law of Inertia
38. An atom that has a different number of neutrons than its normal amount.
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Potential energy is
The Law of Gravity
Isotope
39. Occurs when light is bent while passing from one medium into another.
Boyle's Law
Protostar
Refraction of light
Ion
40. When the Moon and the Sun are in alignment we get more extreme tides.
Spring tides
life cycle of a frog
wedge
Cell membrane
41. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
Doppler Effect
Radiation
Metaphase
Centrifugal force
42. Are a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point (with regularity between points)
three states of matter
Neap tides
Geotropism
Waves
43. Causes beneficial traits to be propagated and detrimental traits to be eliminated.
characteristics of life?
Male sex organ on a flower
Natural selection
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
44. 1. positive charge 2. located in nucleus 3. mass is 1 AMU
Centrifugal force
Compound
Ribosomes
Protons
45. 1. Law of Inertia 2. Law of Acceleration 3. Law of Reciprocal Actions
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46. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure
factors that cause a substance to change state
Parasitism
Carbon 14
Radiation
47. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Law of Reciprocal Actions
forces that cause changes in motion
Ionic Bonds
layers of the Earth?
48. Within compounds - the various atoms making up molecules are held together by...
Acceleration
Color
Bonds
Phototropism
49. An ion
An atom with an imbalance charge
A balanced atom
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
the stages of mitosis?
50. Cellular division creating diploid cells which are typically capable of beginning the process again.
Chemical Change
Meiosis
shape of the Milky Way
Mitosis