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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. Is a substance composed of two or more elements
Compound
factors that cause a substance to change state
DNA
Characteristics of a mammal
2. Is a homogeneous mixture in which one substance has dissolved into the other - example: salt water
Geotropism
Flowering plants
shape of the Milky Way
Solution
3. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff
Covalent Bonds
Atomic Mass
key stages of the water cycle
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
4. 1. incline plane2. wheel and axle 3. lever 4. pulley 5. wedge 6. screw
Krebb Cycle
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Mitochondria
5. One member benefits - the other is unaffected.
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Parasitism
Solution
Commensalism
6. Occur because the shadow of the Earth or the Moon is cast onto the other body.
Centrifugal force
eclipses
Solar eclipse
The Theory of Relativity states
7. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.
shape of the Milky Way
Solar eclipse
Parasitism
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
8. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Isotope
the stages of mitosis?
Phototropism
Cell membrane
9. Is something that starts a chemical reaction - such as a spark.
Metaphase
Catalyst
types of symbiotic relationships
Motion
10. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Sun (on HRD)
Newton's Laws of Motion
types of symbiotic relationships
11. 1. egg 2. tadpole (breathes water) 3. metamorphosis 4. adult frog (breathes air)
Water
Mutualism
layers of the Earth?
life cycle of a frog
12. Describes speed and direction
Osmosis
Law of Inertia
Male sex organ on a flower
Velocity
13. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform
major fault types
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Ion
Kinetic energy is
14. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes.
Geologic timescale
Sound waves
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Nucleus
15. An atom that has a different number of neutrons than its normal amount.
Atom
Protons
Matter
Isotope
16. Column
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Matter
The Theory of Relativity states
Anaphase
17. Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy
Chloroplast
Matter
layers of the Earth?
factors that cause a substance to change state
18. Plants response to gravity
characteristics of life?
Atom composition
Geotropism
Carbon 14
19. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
Radiation
Seasons
The Theory of Relativity states
Nucleus
20. Because carbon bonds readily with a variety of different elements and compounds - making possible the great chemical complexity necessary for life.
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Geotropism
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
categories of taxonomy?
21. Asserts that organisms have changed over time to adapt to the unique and varied demands of their changing environments.
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22. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
Compound
Waves
Parasitism
23. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate
Centrifugal force
Half life
Atom
Acceleration
24. A fairly typical main sequence star.
Sun (on HRD)
Osmosis
life cycle of a butterfly
An atom with an imbalance charge
25. 1. by row 2. atomic number and mass increase as you move left to right and top to bottom
Ionic Bonds
wedge
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Catalyst
26. Radioactively decay back into their 'normal' forms over time
Vacuole
Most isotopes
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Diploid cell
27. Pulls apart into two separate cells
Solution
Displacement
Weathering
Telophase
28. 1. egg 2. larvae 3. pupae/crysalis 4. imago/adult butterfly
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
life cycle of a butterfly
Covalent Bonds
Atom composition
29. It spreads the work over a greater distance along the planes of the wedge.
Acceleration
factors that cause a substance to change state
wedge
Cell wall
30. An isotope created in the earth's atmosphere by cosmic rays. All living things absorb carbon 14. When they die absorption stops and the organism's existing C14 begins to radioactively decay back to C12.
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Metaphase
Electrolysis
Carbon 14
31. A change in position
Telophase
life cycle of a butterfly
Motion
Cell membrane
32. The number of protons a particular type of atom has. The atomic number defines the type of element.
Geotropism
Atomic Number
Quantum Theory states that
Catalyst
33. Is the measure of the presence of hydrogen ions in a substance.
Characteristics of a mammal
Carbon 14
Protons
pH
34. Cellular division creating diploid cells which are typically capable of beginning the process again.
three states of matter
Electrons
Mitosis
Carbon 14
35. A group of subjects upon which a hypothesis is tested.
Experimental group
Osmosis
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Solution
36. Stores food and other materials needed by the cell
Nucleus
Atomic Number
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Vacuole
37. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure
Speed
A balanced atom
Bonds
factors that cause a substance to change state
38. Occurs when chemical composition of a substance is altered.
Catalyst
Covalent Bonds
Chemical Change
layers of the Earth?
39. Are huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
Law of Acceleration
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Atom
40. Occurs when heat is transferred due to fast moving atoms and molecules colliding with slower ones in a neighboring region.
the stages of mitosis?
Meiosis
Telophase
Conduction
41. 1. kingdom 2. phylum 3. class 4. order 5. family 6. genus 7. species
Why is carbon the building block of life?
the stages of mitosis?
categories of taxonomy?
Commensalism
42. Occurs when light is bent while passing from one medium into another.
Centrifugal force
Krebb Cycle
Characteristics of a mammal
Refraction of light
43. Unless an object is moving in a vacuum - the object causes...
Nucleus
Displacement
energy
Motion
44. Deoxyribonucleic acid
key stages of the water cycle
DNA
Ion
types of symbiotic relationships
45. Spiral disk with several long arms.
shape of the Milky Way
Protostar
Control group
Law of Acceleration
46. 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.
Telophase
Control group
Most isotopes
Protons
47. Angiosperms
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Covalent Bonds
Flowering plants
Characteristics of a mammal
48. 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.
key stages of the water cycle
Atomic Mass
Convection
Spring tides
49. Is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.
Atom
Characteristics of a mammal
forces that cause changes in motion
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
50. Causes salt to move across a permeable membrane from an area of greater salinity to an area of lesser salinity.
Electrolysis
Atomic Mass
50000
Osmosis