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CSET Subject 2: Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Calories






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






3. Radioactively decay back into their 'normal' forms over time






4. Spiral disk with several long arms.






5. Occurs when light returns after bouncing off an object.






6. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater






7. As temperature increases volume also increases

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






9. Is a method of separating ions within a substance by passing electrical current through the substance






10. By wind which stirs the ocean's surface of great distances.






11. Cell begins to split






12. 1. hair 2. warm - blooded 3. live birth 4. nurses their young






13. 1. egg 2. tadpole (breathes water) 3. metamorphosis 4. adult frog (breathes air)






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






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






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






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






18. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure






19. One member of a symbiotic relationship benefit.






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






21. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.






22. Control center of the cell






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






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






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






26. Is something that starts a chemical reaction - such as a spark.






27. Grain like organelles that produce proteins






28. 1. egg 2. larvae 3. pupae/crysalis 4. imago/adult butterfly






29. Has the same number of protons and neutrons






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






31. A change in position






32. An ion






33. 1. negative charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is about 1/1836th of an AMU






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






35. A fairly typical main sequence star.






36. 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.






37. The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun.






38. One member benefits - the other is unaffected.






39. Occurs when heat is transferred due to fast moving atoms and molecules colliding with slower ones in a neighboring region.






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






41. 1. inner core 2. outer core 3. mantle 4. crust






42. Stores food and other materials needed by the cell






43. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar.






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






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






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






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






48. Is the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration.






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






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