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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. The point around which a lever rotates
Neap tides
Fulcrum
Doppler Effect
layers of the Earth?
2. An object in motion stays in motion along a straight path unless acted upon by a net external force.
Osmosis
Krebb Cycle
Galaxies
Law of Inertia
3. Spiral disk with several long arms.
shape of the Milky Way
types of symbiotic relationships
Waves
Prophase
4. Angiosperms
Chloroplast
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
the stages of mitosis?
Flowering plants
5. Can occur by chemical means such as acid rain or physical means - such as wind - rain and ice.
Suspension
Velocity
Telophase
Weathering
6. Is a method of separating ions within a substance by passing electrical current through the substance
Electrolysis
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Centrifugal force
7. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
Neutrons
Radiation
Bonds
Flowering plants
8. Pulls apart into two separate cells
Radiation
Stars
Telophase
Potential energy is
9. Occurs when heat is transferred due to fast moving atoms and molecules colliding with slower ones in a neighboring region.
Conduction
Element
Electrolysis
Lunar eclipse
10. A bond formed when atoms share one or more of their valence electrons.
Covalent Bonds
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Newton's Laws of Motion
pH
11. Protects and supports the cell
Velocity
pH
Cell wall
Metaphase
12. Is a change from one state to another without a change in chemical composition.
Diploid cell
Physical Change
Displacement
the stages of mitosis?
13. A material that can be separated by physical means into two or more substances.
life cycle of a butterfly
Most isotopes
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Mixture
14. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.
Experimental group
Charles' Law
Cell wall
Stars
15. Is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.
The Law of Gravity
eclipses
Atom
Male sex organ on a flower
16. 1. by row 2. atomic number and mass increase as you move left to right and top to bottom
Refraction of light
major types of rocks on the Earth?
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Boyle's Law
17. One member of a symbiotic relationship benefit.
Speed
Most isotopes
Mutualism
Parasitism
18. Is a homogeneous mixture in which one substance has dissolved into the other - example: salt water
Solution
Suspension
Solar eclipse
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
19. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
Ribosomes
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Law of Inertia
20. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Ionic Bonds
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
major fault types
21. A change in position
major fault types
Bonds
Motion
Spring tides
22. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff
key stages of the water cycle
Acceleration
Ion
The law of Conservation of Matter
23. Because carbon bonds readily with a variety of different elements and compounds - making possible the great chemical complexity necessary for life.
Stars
Why is carbon the building block of life?
Osmosis
Carbon 14
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.
Conduction
Carbon 14
Bonds
50000
25. Anything that has mass and takes up space
Half life
Doppler Effect
Matter
Bonds
26. The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun.
Mutualism
layers of the Earth?
Solar eclipse
Color
27. 1. puzzle piece argument 2. sea floor spreading 3. fossil records
key stages of the water cycle
Protons
evidences for continental drift
Sun (on HRD)
28. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.
Phototropism
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
Telophase
Half life
29. 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.
Newton's Laws of Motion
Atomic Mass
Chloroplast
Waves
30. 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.
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Chloroplast
Suspension
Seasons
31. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Cell membrane
Suspension
shape of the Milky Way
Chloroplast
32. Material inside the cell membrane -- not including the nucleus
Boyle's Law
Parasitism
Conduction
Cytoplasm
33. Is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means
Convection
Element
Phototropism
Stars
34. 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.
Atomic Number
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Cell membrane
The Law of Gravity
35. 1. negative charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is about 1/1836th of an AMU
categories of taxonomy?
major fault types
Electrons
evidences for continental drift
36. Occurs when cooler portions of a liquid or gas flow in to take the place of hotter - rising portions.
The law of Conservation of Matter
Steps for the Scientific Method
Mitochondria
Convection
37. Plants response to light
Chloroplast
Conduction
Covalent Bonds
Phototropism
38. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater
Suspension
An atom with an imbalance charge
Male sex organ on a flower
Mitochondria
39. Occurs when light is bent while passing from one medium into another.
factors that cause a substance to change state
Refraction of light
Seasons
Control group
40. By wind which stirs the ocean's surface of great distances.
Solution
Metaphase
Displacement
How waves are created
41. As temperature increases volume also increases
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42. Deoxyribonucleic acid
Radiation
DNA
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
major types of rocks on the Earth?
43. Calories
Speed
pH
Theory of Plate Tectonics
How energy is measured
44. Stamen
Potential energy is
Color
Male sex organ on a flower
wedge
45. That matter cannot be created or destroyed; it simply changes form.
Ion
The law of Conservation of Matter
Cell wall
Chloroplast
46. The quantity of substance
How energy is measured
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Prophase
Mixture
47. Asserts that organisms have changed over time to adapt to the unique and varied demands of their changing environments.
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48. Require a medium and travel much slower than light.
Metaphase
Seasons
Sound waves
Cytoplasm
49. Cellular division creating diploid cells which are typically capable of beginning the process again.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Mitosis
Nucleus
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
50. Is a substance composed of two or more elements
Potential energy is
Compound
50000
Most isotopes