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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. 1. prophase 2. metaphase 3. anaphase 4. telophase
Boyle's Law
the stages of mitosis?
Lunar phases
Commensalism
2. 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.
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Atom
Carbon 14
Chloroplast
3. 1. Law of Inertia 2. Law of Acceleration 3. Law of Reciprocal Actions
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4. Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
wedge
categories of taxonomy?
Lunar eclipse
5. 1. convergent 2. divergent 3. transform
Acceleration
Metaphase
major fault types
wedge
6. Is something that starts a chemical reaction - such as a spark.
Compound
categories of taxonomy?
The Theory of Relativity states
Catalyst
7. That matter cannot be created or destroyed; it simply changes form.
Metaphase
Convection
The law of Conservation of Matter
Natural selection
8. Is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.
Control group
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Weathering
Atom
9. Is the particular wavelength of light we observe that is not absorbed by an object.
Color
pH
forces that cause changes in motion
major types of rocks on the Earth?
10. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
Radiation
Doppler Effect
A balanced atom
Anaphase
11. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Law of Reciprocal Actions
forces that cause changes in motion
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Ribosomes
12. Is the process of storing energy through photosynthesis and later releasing it through respiration.
Matter
Krebb Cycle
Isotope
Protons
13. 1. mutualism 2. parasitism 3. commensalism
types of symbiotic relationships
Electrolysis
An atom with an imbalance charge
How waves are created
14. 1. gravity 2. magnetism 3. friction (think of a falling sheet of paper vs. a falling book)
Acceleration
The Theory of Relativity states
forces that cause changes in motion
50000
15. When the Moon or the Sun are pulling at perpendicular angles we get less extreme tides.
Chloroplast
Mitosis
Ribosomes
Neap tides
16. 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
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
Covalent Bonds
Atom composition
17. When the Moon and the Sun are in alignment we get more extreme tides.
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
Spring tides
pH
Prophase
18. Column
Commensalism
Meiosis
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
forces that cause changes in motion
19. Our solar system is made up of numerous bodies which orbit the Sun due to...
Mitochondria
shape of the Milky Way
Centrifugal force
Refraction of light
20. A material that can be separated by physical means into two or more substances.
Centrifugal force
The Law of Gravity
Solar eclipse
Mixture
21. The Moon and the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth.
Element
three states of matter
Sound waves
Lunar eclipse
22. Because carbon bonds readily with a variety of different elements and compounds - making possible the great chemical complexity necessary for life.
Osmosis
Geotropism
Compound
Why is carbon the building block of life?
23. Phase where spindle grows and which cuts the cell
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
the stages of mitosis?
Metaphase
Telophase
24. This is the motion of objects emitting or reflecting sound waves changing their frequency.
Atomic Number
Atomic Mass
Cytoplasm
Doppler Effect
25. Grain like organelles that produce proteins
Potential energy is
Ribosomes
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
Krebb Cycle
26. Protects and supports the cell
Cell wall
Lunar phases
Spring tides
Refraction of light
27. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater
Suspension
Galaxies
Convection
characteristics of life?
28. Plants response to gravity
Geotropism
Electrolysis
wedge
Potential energy is
29. An atom that has a different number of neutrons than its normal amount.
Lunar eclipse
Waves
evidences for continental drift
Isotope
30. Is an object's rate of motion = Distance/Time
Male sex organ on a flower
Carbon 14
Speed
Diploid cell
31. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.
Mitochondria
Atomic Number
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
Neutrons
32. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.
Stars
Centrifugal force
Commensalism
Compound
33. Control center of the cell
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Atom
Nucleus
Geologic timescale
34. Cellular division creating diploid cells which are typically capable of beginning the process again.
Mitosis
Stars
Mutualism
Atomic Mass
35. The types of organisms an ecosystem can support is primarily determined by the amount of...
Parasitism
Chloroplast
Water
Atomic Number
36. Cellular division to create sex cells called haploids.
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Fulcrum
The law of Conservation of Matter
Meiosis
37. The quantity of substance
Element
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
life cycle of a butterfly
Motion
38. Occurs when heat is transferred due to fast moving atoms and molecules colliding with slower ones in a neighboring region.
Matter
life cycle of a butterfly
Conduction
pH
39. Calories
Carbon
Law of Acceleration
Mixture
How energy is measured
40. Energy changes forms but is not created or destroyed.
Telophase
Most isotopes
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
How waves are created
41. Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and convert it into chemical energy
Ionic Bonds
Chloroplast
major fault types
Cell wall
42. The capacity to work
Physical Change
major types of rocks on the Earth?
energy
Anaphase
43. C14 dating only works on organisms that died less than _____ years ago.
Nucleus
Solution
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life cycle of a frog
44. 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.
Seasons
evidences for continental drift
energy
life cycle of a frog
45. A group of subjects upon which a hypothesis is tested.
Neutrons
Control group
Spring tides
Experimental group
46. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff
wedge
key stages of the water cycle
Meiosis
Conduction
47. Occurs when light returns after bouncing off an object.
Centrifugal force
Reflection of light
Atom
layers of the Earth?
48. Thin - flexible barrier around a cell; regulates what enters and leaves the cell
Mitochondria
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Flowering plants
49. Is a method of separating ions within a substance by passing electrical current through the substance
Displacement
Motion
Electrolysis
Most isotopes
50. Converts energy from food to energy the cell can use
Osmosis
Mitochondria
Half life
Prophase