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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. The quantity of substance
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Law of Inertia
Most isotopes
Nucleus
2. 1. neutral charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is 1 AMU
Nucleus
Male sex organ on a flower
Galaxies
Neutrons
3. Stored energy
Potential energy is
three states of matter
Isotope
the stages of mitosis?
4. C14 dating only works on organisms that died less than _____ years ago.
the stages of mitosis?
50000
Cell membrane
Tides
5. Asserts that organisms have changed over time to adapt to the unique and varied demands of their changing environments.
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6. Our solar system is made up of numerous bodies which orbit the Sun due to...
Centrifugal force
forces that cause changes in motion
Anaphase
Telophase
7. An ion
Protons
An atom with an imbalance charge
major fault types
Catalyst
8. 1. egg 2. larvae 3. pupae/crysalis 4. imago/adult butterfly
life cycle of a butterfly
Krebb Cycle
Neap tides
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
9. As pressure increases volume decreases
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10. Deoxyribonucleic acid
An atom with an imbalance charge
Osmosis
Tides
DNA
11. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time
Speed
layers of the Earth?
energy
forces that cause changes in motion
12. 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.
Compound
Protons
Ionic Bonds
Osmosis
13. An object in motion stays in motion along a straight path unless acted upon by a net external force.
wedge
Law of Inertia
Carbon
Protons
14. The amount of matter that makes up an atom. You can estimate an atom's atomic mass by adding up the total number of protons and neutrons.
life cycle of a butterfly
Electrons
Osmosis
Atomic Mass
15. Is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
Element
The law of Conservation of Matter
Temperature
Mitochondria
16. Is a homogeneous mixture in which one substance has dissolved into the other - example: salt water
Seasons
Sun (on HRD)
life cycle of a butterfly
Solution
17. Causes salt to move across a permeable membrane from an area of greater salinity to an area of lesser salinity.
life cycle of a frog
Solution
Osmosis
Characteristics of a mammal
18. Is a method of separating ions within a substance by passing electrical current through the substance
How energy is measured
Telophase
Acceleration
Electrolysis
19. The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun.
Weathering
Half life
Reflection of light
Solar eclipse
20. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism
types of symbiotic relationships
Isotope
Neap tides
Steps for the Scientific Method
21. It spreads the work over a greater distance along the planes of the wedge.
Compound
Metaphase
wedge
Ion
22. Plants response to light
Covalent Bonds
Control group
Phototropism
Vacuole
23. Is the measure of the presence of hydrogen ions in a substance.
Experimental group
The Law of Gravity
pH
Ribosomes
24. Has the same number of protons and neutrons
Color
Mitosis
Sun (on HRD)
A balanced atom
25. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar.
Commensalism
Protostar
pH
Why is carbon the building block of life?
26. 1. homeostasis 2. organization 3. metabolism 4. growth 5. adaptation 6. response to stimuli 7. reproduction
Telophase
Electrolysis
characteristics of life?
Flowering plants
27. Phase where spindle grows and which cuts the cell
Metaphase
Osmosis
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Geotropism
28. Occurs when cooler portions of a liquid or gas flow in to take the place of hotter - rising portions.
Matter
characteristics of life?
three states of matter
Convection
29. Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy
Chloroplast
Physical Change
Ion
three states of matter
30. Unless an object is moving in a vacuum - the object causes...
Chemical Change
How waves are created
Displacement
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
31. An isotope created in the earth's atmosphere by cosmic rays. All living things absorb carbon 14. When they die absorption stops and the organism's existing C14 begins to radioactively decay back to C12.
Color
Carbon 14
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Matter
32. Is the particular wavelength of light we observe that is not absorbed by an object.
categories of taxonomy?
Law of Acceleration
Neap tides
Color
33. A bond formed when atoms share one or more of their valence electrons.
Covalent Bonds
life cycle of a butterfly
Control group
Prophase
34. Radioactively decay back into their 'normal' forms over time
Most isotopes
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Displacement
50000
35. Stores food and other materials needed by the cell
Cell membrane
Mixture
Vacuole
Covalent Bonds
36. An atom that has a different number of neutrons than its normal amount.
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Spring tides
Ribosomes
Isotope
37. That space and time are relative - not absolute concepts
Solar eclipse
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Tides
The Theory of Relativity states
38. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure
Quantum Theory states that
factors that cause a substance to change state
Isotope
Telophase
39. Calories
Catalyst
Tides
How energy is measured
life cycle of a butterfly
40. Protects and supports the cell
Centrifugal force
Boyle's Law
Cell wall
categories of taxonomy?
41. 1. negative charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is about 1/1836th of an AMU
major types of rocks on the Earth?
Fulcrum
Diploid cell
Electrons
42. Both members of a symbiotic relationship benefit
Sound waves
Mutualism
Meiosis
Chloroplast
43. 1. incline plane2. wheel and axle 3. lever 4. pulley 5. wedge 6. screw
Mitochondria
Physical Change
Charles' Law
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
44. 1. gravity 2. magnetism 3. friction (think of a falling sheet of paper vs. a falling book)
Centrifugal force
The Theory of Relativity states
forces that cause changes in motion
Covalent Bonds
45. When the Moon or the Sun are pulling at perpendicular angles we get less extreme tides.
Mitosis
Neap tides
Sound waves
factors that cause a substance to change state
46. 1. producer 2. primary consumer 3. secondary consumer 4. tertiary consumer 5. decomposer
Telophase
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
The Theory of Relativity states
Physical Change
47. Occur because the shadow of the Earth or the Moon is cast onto the other body.
Protostar
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Suspension
eclipses
48. Require a medium and travel much slower than light.
Sound waves
Steps for the Scientific Method
An atom with an imbalance charge
DNA
49. Material inside the cell membrane -- not including the nucleus
Atomic Mass
Cytoplasm
Waves
Steps for the Scientific Method
50. Cellular division creating diploid cells which are typically capable of beginning the process again.
Electrolysis
Weathering
Mitosis
factors that cause a substance to change state