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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. An object in motion stays in motion along a straight path unless acted upon by a net external force.
Spring tides
Bonds
Law of Inertia
Phototropism
2. 1. egg 2. tadpole (breathes water) 3. metamorphosis 4. adult frog (breathes air)
major fault types
life cycle of a frog
eclipses
Atom composition
3. Within compounds - the various atoms making up molecules are held together by...
Potential energy is
Bonds
The law of Conservation of Matter
Geotropism
4. Radioactively decay back into their 'normal' forms over time
Most isotopes
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Convection
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
5. Calories
Centrifugal force
The Theory of Relativity states
Protostar
How energy is measured
6. Is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
Phototropism
Displacement
Element
How waves are created
7. 1. kingdom 2. phylum 3. class 4. order 5. family 6. genus 7. species
Solution
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Convection
categories of taxonomy?
8. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate
Half life
Speed
Electrons
Mixture
9. Pulls apart into two separate cells
Telophase
Law of Acceleration
Quantum Theory states that
Male sex organ on a flower
10. Grain like organelles that produce proteins
Protons
Matter
Steps for the Scientific Method
Ribosomes
11. Both members of a symbiotic relationship benefit
Vacuole
Mutualism
Protons
three states of matter
12. Angiosperms
Flowering plants
Charles' Law
Newton's Laws of Motion
Experimental group
13. An atom with an imbalanced charge
Ion
Boyle's Law
Commensalism
Isotope
14. As pressure increases volume decreases
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15. Can occur by chemical means such as acid rain or physical means - such as wind - rain and ice.
forces that cause changes in motion
Weathering
Acceleration
Reflection of light
16. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time
Lunar phases
Centrifugal force
Metaphase
Speed
17. Material inside the cell membrane -- not including the nucleus
How waves are created
Reflection of light
Cytoplasm
major types of rocks on the Earth?
18. The point around which a lever rotates
life cycle of a butterfly
wedge
Weathering
Fulcrum
19. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.
Cell wall
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
DNA
Telophase
20. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater
Suspension
Chemical Change
Potential energy is
Motion
21. Anything that has mass and takes up space
Vacuole
Matter
pH
factors that cause a substance to change state
22. Occurs when cooler portions of a liquid or gas flow in to take the place of hotter - rising portions.
categories of taxonomy?
Experimental group
Convection
How energy is measured
23. The capacity to work
Lunar eclipse
Acceleration
Carbon
energy
24. 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.
Chemical Change
Suspension
Carbon 14
Male sex organ on a flower
25. Cell begins to split
major fault types
Reflection of light
energy
Anaphase
26. Is a method of separating ions within a substance by passing electrical current through the substance
DNA
Electrolysis
Reflection of light
key stages of the water cycle
27. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.
Potential energy is
Prophase
Experimental group
Stars
28. An atom that has a different number of neutrons than its normal amount.
Ionic Bonds
Isotope
Lunar eclipse
Anaphase
29. A change in position
How waves are created
Reflection of light
Motion
DNA
30. H2O + CO2 --> CH2O + O2
Why is carbon the building block of life?
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
Experimental group
Water
31. 1. igneous 2. metamorphic 3. sedimentary
Stars
Ribosomes
Steps for the Scientific Method
major types of rocks on the Earth?
32. Causes beneficial traits to be propagated and detrimental traits to be eliminated.
Solution
Natural selection
Convection
Phototropism
33. Is the measure of the presence of hydrogen ions in a substance.
Electrolysis
pH
key stages of the water cycle
Ionic Bonds
34. As a nebula contracts - the particles collide with colossal force igniting a nuclear reaction and forming a protostar.
Mitosis
Vacuole
Protostar
Bonds
35. That space and time are relative - not absolute concepts
Temperature
categories of taxonomy?
The Theory of Relativity states
Bonds
36. Duplicates genetic material
wedge
Geotropism
the stages of mitosis?
Prophase
37. Occurs when light is bent while passing from one medium into another.
Newton's Laws of Motion
Catalyst
Cytoplasm
Refraction of light
38. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism
Theory of Plate Tectonics
major fault types
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
types of symbiotic relationships
39. Control center of the cell
Experimental group
Sun (on HRD)
pH
Nucleus
40. The Moon and the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth.
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Mutualism
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Lunar eclipse
41. Column
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Chloroplast
Fulcrum
Catalyst
42. Cellular division to create sex cells called haploids.
life cycle of a butterfly
wedge
Meiosis
Ionic Bonds
43. Has the same number of protons and neutrons
Refraction of light
Law of Inertia
A balanced atom
Temperature
44. Deoxyribonucleic acid
Speed
Law of Acceleration
Refraction of light
DNA
45. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure
factors that cause a substance to change state
Solution
Vacuole
How waves are created
46. 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.
Carbon 14
Ionic Bonds
Lunar eclipse
How energy is measured
47. A fairly typical main sequence star.
life cycle of a butterfly
Charles' Law
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Sun (on HRD)
48. The number of protons a particular type of atom has. The atomic number defines the type of element.
major types of rocks on the Earth?
forces that cause changes in motion
Atomic Number
Cytoplasm
49. 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.
Fulcrum
An atom with an imbalance charge
Carbon
Theory of Plate Tectonics
50. Subatomic particles including: 1. protons 2. neutrons 3. electrons
Chloroplast
Temperature
Nucleus
Atom composition