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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater
Suspension
eclipses
Ionic Bonds
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
2. Cellular division to create sex cells called haploids.
Meiosis
Sound waves
Law of Acceleration
Atomic Number
3. 1. Law of Inertia 2. Law of Acceleration 3. Law of Reciprocal Actions
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4. When the Moon and the Sun are in alignment we get more extreme tides.
energy
Lunar phases
Spring tides
characteristics of life?
5. An object in motion stays in motion along a straight path unless acted upon by a net external force.
Commensalism
Vacuole
Solar eclipse
Law of Inertia
6. 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.
Temperature
Electrons
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Solar eclipse
7. Occurs when light returns after bouncing off an object.
Protons
Color
Reflection of light
Geotropism
8. Stores food and other materials needed by the cell
Velocity
Vacuole
Speed
Charles' Law
9. Is something that starts a chemical reaction - such as a spark.
Tides
Catalyst
Radiation
energy
10. Require a medium and travel much slower than light.
Sound waves
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
key stages of the water cycle
Covalent Bonds
11. A change in position
Motion
Prophase
Displacement
Suspension
12. Occurs when heat is transferred due to fast moving atoms and molecules colliding with slower ones in a neighboring region.
Spring tides
Anaphase
Acceleration
Conduction
13. Protects and supports the cell
Catalyst
Protostar
layers of the Earth?
Cell wall
14. Stamen
Atomic Number
Law of Inertia
Covalent Bonds
Male sex organ on a flower
15. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.
Steps for the Scientific Method
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Natural selection
An atom with an imbalance charge
16. Column
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Water
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Color
17. Is a homogeneous mixture in which one substance has dissolved into the other - example: salt water
Cell wall
Potential energy is
Solution
Color
18. Angiosperms
Flowering plants
Anaphase
Law of Acceleration
Weathering
19. Unless an object is moving in a vacuum - the object causes...
Displacement
major fault types
Telophase
An atom with an imbalance charge
20. 1. egg 2. larvae 3. pupae/crysalis 4. imago/adult butterfly
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Color
Electrolysis
life cycle of a butterfly
21. Both members of a symbiotic relationship benefit
Cell wall
shape of the Milky Way
Refraction of light
Mutualism
22. Force = Mass X Acceleration
Element
The law of Conservation of Matter
Experimental group
Law of Acceleration
23. Anything that has mass and takes up space
Matter
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
major fault types
Osmosis
24. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Doppler Effect
Galaxies
Cell membrane
Atom composition
25. The point around which a lever rotates
Krebb Cycle
Catalyst
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Fulcrum
26. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.
Element
Stars
energy
Electrolysis
27. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
Protostar
Suspension
Radiation
Reflection of light
28. Has the same number of protons and neutrons
Phototropism
Telophase
factors that cause a substance to change state
A balanced atom
29. 1. hair 2. warm - blooded 3. live birth 4. nurses their young
Characteristics of a mammal
Control group
Newton's Laws of Motion
Anaphase
30. A fairly typical main sequence star.
energy
Sun (on HRD)
types of symbiotic relationships
Newton's Laws of Motion
31. Is the particular wavelength of light we observe that is not absorbed by an object.
Color
characteristics of life?
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Water
32. 1. inner core 2. outer core 3. mantle 4. crust
life cycle of a butterfly
major types of rocks on the Earth?
layers of the Earth?
The Theory of Relativity states
33. One member benefits - the other is unaffected.
Cell membrane
Chloroplast
The Theory of Relativity states
Commensalism
34. Material inside the cell membrane -- not including the nucleus
Cytoplasm
Temperature
Lunar phases
major fault types
35. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism
Atomic Number
eclipses
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
types of symbiotic relationships
36. Causes beneficial traits to be propagated and detrimental traits to be eliminated.
Natural selection
Law of Acceleration
Velocity
Temperature
37. H2O + CO2 --> CH2O + O2
Geotropism
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Carbon 14
Fulcrum
38. Describes speed and direction
How waves are created
Waves
Velocity
energy
39. 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.
How energy is measured
Control group
life cycle of a butterfly
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
40. Cell begins to split
major fault types
categories of taxonomy?
Anaphase
Displacement
41. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time
major fault types
Speed
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Chemical Change
42. 1. egg 2. tadpole (breathes water) 3. metamorphosis 4. adult frog (breathes air)
Water
Lunar phases
life cycle of a frog
Element
43. Is the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration.
Lunar phases
Velocity
Geotropism
Krebb Cycle
44. Within compounds - the various atoms making up molecules are held together by...
The law of Conservation of Matter
Protostar
Physical Change
Bonds
45. Is a substance composed of two or more elements
Compound
Neap tides
types of symbiotic relationships
Parasitism
46. Matter and energy have the properties of both particles and waves
Lunar eclipse
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Quantum Theory states that
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
47. Grain like organelles that produce proteins
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
Protons
Seasons
Ribosomes
48. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff
DNA
key stages of the water cycle
Protons
Ion
49. Caused by the Earth's tilt on its axis. As it revolves arond the Sun - the tilt causes each hemisphere to receive more direct exposure at certain times in its orbit.
Waves
Most isotopes
Seasons
Conduction
50. Is a change in velocity
Radiation
Acceleration
Most isotopes
The law of Conservation of Matter