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CSET Subject 2: Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the Moon and the Sun are in alignment we get more extreme tides.






2. 1. puzzle piece argument 2. sea floor spreading 3. fossil records






3. 1. homeostasis 2. organization 3. metabolism 4. growth 5. adaptation 6. response to stimuli 7. reproduction






4. It spreads the work over a greater distance along the planes of the wedge.






5. Plants response to gravity






6. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform






7. 1. positive charge 2. located in nucleus 3. mass is 1 AMU






8. Causes salt to move across a permeable membrane from an area of greater salinity to an area of lesser salinity.






9. Spiral disk with several long arms.






10. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate






11. Our solar system is made up of numerous bodies which orbit the Sun due to...






12. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell






13. Describes speed and direction






14. 1. gravity 2. magnetism 3. friction (think of a falling sheet of paper vs. a falling book)






15. One member of a symbiotic relationship benefit.






16. Occurs when light is bent while passing from one medium into another.






17. 1. prophase 2. metaphase 3. anaphase 4. telophase






18. Occurs when chemical composition of a substance is altered.






19. The number of protons a particular type of atom has. The atomic number defines the type of element.






20. Causes beneficial traits to be propagated and detrimental traits to be eliminated.






21. Duplicates genetic material






22. 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.






23. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.






24. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff






25. 1. Law of Inertia 2. Law of Acceleration 3. Law of Reciprocal Actions


26. As pressure increases volume decreases


27. An object in motion stays in motion along a straight path unless acted upon by a net external force.






28. 1. State the problem. 2. Form a hypothesis. 3. Observe and experiment. 4. Interpret the data. 5. Draw conclusions.






29. C14 dating only works on organisms that died less than _____ years ago.






30. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time






31. Stores food and other materials needed by the cell






32. Are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun on the Earth.






33. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism






34. Are a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point (with regularity between points)






35. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.






36. This is the motion of objects emitting or reflecting sound waves changing their frequency.






37. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.






38. 1. kingdom 2. phylum 3. class 4. order 5. family 6. genus 7. species






39. Require a medium and travel much slower than light.






40. Subatomic particles including: 1. protons 2. neutrons 3. electrons






41. The quantity of substance






42. 1. by row 2. atomic number and mass increase as you move left to right and top to bottom






43. That space and time are relative - not absolute concepts






44. Cell begins to split






45. Is the particular wavelength of light we observe that is not absorbed by an object.






46. Within compounds - the various atoms making up molecules are held together by...






47. Occur because the shadow of the Earth or the Moon is cast onto the other body.






48. A bond formed when atoms share one or more of their valence electrons.






49. Both members of a symbiotic relationship benefit






50. Force = Mass X Acceleration