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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure
pH
Half life
major types of rocks on the Earth?
factors that cause a substance to change state
2. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.
Most isotopes
Compound
Covalent Bonds
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
3. 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.
Waves
Sun (on HRD)
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Theory of Plate Tectonics
4. When the Moon and the Sun are in alignment we get more extreme tides.
Spring tides
shape of the Milky Way
Temperature
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
5. That space and time are relative - not absolute concepts
The Theory of Relativity states
Flowering plants
Geotropism
Chloroplast
6. Is a substance composed of two or more elements
major types of rocks on the Earth?
Compound
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Potential energy is
7. Describes speed and direction
Acceleration
Boyle's Law
Velocity
Diploid cell
8. Protects and supports the cell
An atom with an imbalance charge
Krebb Cycle
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Cell wall
9. 1. producer 2. primary consumer 3. secondary consumer 4. tertiary consumer 5. decomposer
Anaphase
key stages of the water cycle
Protostar
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
10. This is the motion of objects emitting or reflecting sound waves changing their frequency.
Sound waves
Doppler Effect
Motion
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
11. 1. the more massive either or both bodies are - the greater the gravitational force between them. 2. the further apart two bodies are - the lesser the gravitational force between them.
Centrifugal force
Convection
forces that cause changes in motion
The Law of Gravity
12. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.
Carbon
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Half life
eclipses
13. Is something that starts a chemical reaction - such as a spark.
Suspension
Catalyst
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Cytoplasm
14. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Catalyst
Cell membrane
Speed
15. Plants response to light
Cell membrane
Phototropism
Waves
Convection
16. Stored energy
layers of the Earth?
Potential energy is
DNA
How energy is measured
17. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time
Chemical Change
Speed
A balanced atom
Anaphase
18. One member benefits - the other is unaffected.
Commensalism
forces that cause changes in motion
Why is carbon the building block of life?
The Theory of Relativity states
19. 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.
Chemical Change
Suspension
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Control group
20. A bond in which on atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other gains an electron to form a negative ion - creating an electrostatic force which holds them together.
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Ionic Bonds
A balanced atom
Most isotopes
21. The Moon and the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth.
Weathering
Color
Lunar eclipse
Ionic Bonds
22. Energy in motion
Vacuole
Speed
Kinetic energy is
Lunar eclipse
23. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate
Geotropism
Half life
Ribosomes
evidences for continental drift
24. The measure of the kinetic energy in a substance's molecules. Simply - temperature is atomic motion.
Male sex organ on a flower
Temperature
Bonds
energy
25. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
Color
Electrolysis
Radiation
Mitochondria
26. Angiosperms
pH
Flowering plants
Steps for the Scientific Method
Reflection of light
27. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Cell membrane
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Boyle's Law
Acceleration
28. Calories
How energy is measured
Neap tides
Chloroplast
Kinetic energy is
29. Occurs when light returns after bouncing off an object.
Flowering plants
Charles' Law
Reflection of light
Protons
30. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff
factors that cause a substance to change state
key stages of the water cycle
Waves
the stages of mitosis?
31. As pressure increases volume decreases
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32. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.
Stars
Protons
Phototropism
Most isotopes
33. Phase where spindle grows and which cuts the cell
Steps for the Scientific Method
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Acceleration
Metaphase
34. The quantity of substance
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
pH
Newton's Laws of Motion
Meiosis
35. 1. gravity 2. magnetism 3. friction (think of a falling sheet of paper vs. a falling book)
Mitochondria
How energy is measured
Mutualism
forces that cause changes in motion
36. 1. puzzle piece argument 2. sea floor spreading 3. fossil records
Diploid cell
evidences for continental drift
Lunar phases
Suspension
37. The types of organisms an ecosystem can support is primarily determined by the amount of...
Lunar phases
Kinetic energy is
Boyle's Law
Water
38. Control center of the cell
Diploid cell
Nucleus
Protons
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
39. Are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun on the Earth.
Prophase
Radiation
An atom with an imbalance charge
Tides
40. Is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
Centrifugal force
Metaphase
Element
factors that cause a substance to change state
41. Occurs when light is bent while passing from one medium into another.
Refraction of light
How waves are created
Law of Acceleration
Galaxies
42. A group of subjects upon which a hypothesis is tested.
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Experimental group
Krebb Cycle
Steps for the Scientific Method
43. 1. homeostasis 2. organization 3. metabolism 4. growth 5. adaptation 6. response to stimuli 7. reproduction
Diploid cell
Mixture
Protostar
characteristics of life?
44. An ion
An atom with an imbalance charge
Mitosis
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Metaphase
45. That matter cannot be created or destroyed; it simply changes form.
The law of Conservation of Matter
three states of matter
Doppler Effect
Refraction of light
46. 1. inner core 2. outer core 3. mantle 4. crust
Radiation
layers of the Earth?
Lunar eclipse
The Theory of Relativity states
47. 1. hair 2. warm - blooded 3. live birth 4. nurses their young
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Potential energy is
Characteristics of a mammal
Mitosis
48. One member of a symbiotic relationship benefit.
Nucleus
Conduction
Parasitism
Ionic Bonds
49. Converts energy from food to energy the cell can use
Carbon 14
Mitochondria
Law of Acceleration
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
50. Has the same number of protons and neutrons
Centrifugal force
A balanced atom
Law of Acceleration
The law of Conservation of Matter