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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. Is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.
Velocity
Compound
Atom
Law of Reciprocal Actions
2. Because carbon bonds readily with a variety of different elements and compounds - making possible the great chemical complexity necessary for life.
energy
pH
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Ion
3. A bond formed when atoms share one or more of their valence electrons.
Diploid cell
Speed
Ribosomes
Covalent Bonds
4. Force = Mass X Acceleration
Law of Acceleration
Natural selection
Motion
Control group
5. Radioactively decay back into their 'normal' forms over time
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Most isotopes
Conduction
Cell membrane
6. 1. producer 2. primary consumer 3. secondary consumer 4. tertiary consumer 5. decomposer
Physical Change
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
major fault types
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
7. Has the same number of protons and neutrons
Protons
Physical Change
A balanced atom
Osmosis
8. Material inside the cell membrane -- not including the nucleus
Cytoplasm
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
The Theory of Relativity states
Galaxies
9. Our solar system is made up of numerous bodies which orbit the Sun due to...
Centrifugal force
Law of Inertia
Theory of Plate Tectonics
categories of taxonomy?
10. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater
Suspension
A balanced atom
wedge
Prophase
11. 1. puzzle piece argument 2. sea floor spreading 3. fossil records
evidences for continental drift
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Cell membrane
12. Phase where spindle grows and which cuts the cell
Waves
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Metaphase
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
13. 1. inner core 2. outer core 3. mantle 4. crust
Osmosis
layers of the Earth?
Atom composition
Ion
14. Within compounds - the various atoms making up molecules are held together by...
Krebb Cycle
energy
Doppler Effect
Bonds
15. A group of subjects upon which a hypothesis is tested.
Ribosomes
Flowering plants
Experimental group
Osmosis
16. 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.
Control group
Spring tides
Parasitism
Flowering plants
17. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform
major fault types
Ion
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Diploid cell
18. 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.
The Law of Gravity
Commensalism
Quantum Theory states that
Atomic Number
19. 1. by row 2. atomic number and mass increase as you move left to right and top to bottom
Potential energy is
Parasitism
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Geotropism
20. 1. homeostasis 2. organization 3. metabolism 4. growth 5. adaptation 6. response to stimuli 7. reproduction
Chemical Change
Law of Inertia
characteristics of life?
Phototropism
21. Deoxyribonucleic acid
The law of Conservation of Matter
types of symbiotic relationships
Element
DNA
22. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
DNA
Lunar phases
Radiation
eclipses
23. Anything that has mass and takes up space
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Matter
key stages of the water cycle
Law of Inertia
24. Plants response to light
Phototropism
Control group
Seasons
Telophase
25. Are huge clusters of billions of stars
Galaxies
Water
Ribosomes
Covalent Bonds
26. The quantity of substance
shape of the Milky Way
Temperature
A balanced atom
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
27. Is a change in velocity
shape of the Milky Way
Acceleration
Convection
the stages of mitosis?
28. Column
Flowering plants
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
key stages of the water cycle
factors that cause a substance to change state
29. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Solar eclipse
Cell wall
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Mutualism
30. It spreads the work over a greater distance along the planes of the wedge.
wedge
Atomic Mass
Atom composition
Cytoplasm
31. A material that can be separated by physical means into two or more substances.
Tides
Mixture
the stages of mitosis?
Suspension
32. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes.
An atom with an imbalance charge
Sound waves
Cell membrane
Geologic timescale
33. When the Moon or the Sun are pulling at perpendicular angles we get less extreme tides.
Neap tides
Displacement
the stages of mitosis?
Chloroplast
34. An atom with an imbalanced charge
Speed
Ion
Ribosomes
Reflection of light
35. Has a pair of chromosomes
The law of Conservation of Matter
Diploid cell
layers of the Earth?
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
36. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
DNA
Tides
Cell membrane
Stars
37. Is a change from one state to another without a change in chemical composition.
Motion
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Lunar eclipse
Physical Change
38. H2O + CO2 --> CH2O + O2
Sun (on HRD)
Geologic timescale
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Carbon
39. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff
Water
Osmosis
Potential energy is
key stages of the water cycle
40. 1. gravity 2. magnetism 3. friction (think of a falling sheet of paper vs. a falling book)
Chloroplast
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Convection
forces that cause changes in motion
41. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate
Isotope
Half life
Sound waves
Most isotopes
42. Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy
Doppler Effect
Chloroplast
categories of taxonomy?
pH
43. A change in position
An atom with an imbalance charge
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Parasitism
Motion
44. Can occur by chemical means such as acid rain or physical means - such as wind - rain and ice.
Weathering
Vacuole
Conduction
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
45. This is the motion of objects emitting or reflecting sound waves changing their frequency.
Fulcrum
Doppler Effect
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
Velocity
46. 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.
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Waves
Suspension
47. Is the measure of the presence of hydrogen ions in a substance.
Quantum Theory states that
pH
Fulcrum
Geologic timescale
48. The measure of the kinetic energy in a substance's molecules. Simply - temperature is atomic motion.
Flowering plants
Geotropism
Motion
Temperature
49. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time
characteristics of life?
life cycle of a butterfly
Speed
life cycle of a frog
50. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure
Solution
major fault types
Geotropism
factors that cause a substance to change state