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CSET Subject 2: Science
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1. 1. puzzle piece argument 2. sea floor spreading 3. fossil records
Displacement
Electrons
factors that cause a substance to change state
evidences for continental drift
2. Are huge clusters of billions of stars
Compound
Mixture
Galaxies
factors that cause a substance to change state
3. Is a substance composed of two or more elements
Electrolysis
Spring tides
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Compound
4. Matter and energy have the properties of both particles and waves
Electrolysis
Quantum Theory states that
Ion
Protons
5. Begin as huge clouds of dust and other particles called nebulas.
Solar eclipse
Stars
The Law of Gravity
Catalyst
6. Plants response to gravity
Acceleration
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Geotropism
Control group
7. Are a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point (with regularity between points)
Protostar
Cell wall
Waves
Parasitism
8. This is the motion of objects emitting or reflecting sound waves changing their frequency.
the stages of mitosis?
Doppler Effect
Velocity
Atom composition
9. Causes salt to move across a permeable membrane from an area of greater salinity to an area of lesser salinity.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Most isotopes
characteristics of life?
Osmosis
10. 1. negative charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is about 1/1836th of an AMU
Electrons
Potential energy is
Lunar eclipse
eclipses
11. The number of protons a particular type of atom has. The atomic number defines the type of element.
Matter
Electrolysis
Atomic Number
Cell wall
12. Occur because the shadow of the Earth or the Moon is cast onto the other body.
Atom
factors that cause a substance to change state
eclipses
Covalent Bonds
13. The time required by half the atoms of a particular substance to disintegrate
Water
Isotope
Conduction
Half life
14. Column
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
Charles' Law
Commensalism
Law of Reciprocal Actions
15. 1. neutral charge 2. located in the nucleus 3. mass is 1 AMU
Sun (on HRD)
Anaphase
Covalent Bonds
Neutrons
16. The capacity to work
Element
Covalent Bonds
energy
Law of Acceleration
17. One member benefits - the other is unaffected.
forces that cause changes in motion
three states of matter
Diploid cell
Commensalism
18. 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.
Control group
Commensalism
Natural selection
Characteristics of a mammal
19. Force = Mass X Acceleration
Law of Acceleration
Parasitism
Prophase
Mitosis
20. Illustrates the relationship between absolute magnitude - luminosity - classification and effective temperature of stars.
An atom with an imbalance charge
The Law of Gravity
Hertzsprung - Russel diagram (HRD) of spectral class
Chemical Change
21. Has a pair of chromosomes
Tides
Diploid cell
Carbon
key stages of the water cycle
22. When the Moon or the Sun are pulling at perpendicular angles we get less extreme tides.
Neap tides
Vacuole
Anaphase
Control group
23. 1. producer 2. primary consumer 3. secondary consumer 4. tertiary consumer 5. decomposer
the stages of mitosis?
Solar eclipse
Law of Reciprocal Actions
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
24. 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
Cell membrane
Mixture
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
25. 1. egg 2. tadpole (breathes water) 3. metamorphosis 4. adult frog (breathes air)
life cycle of a frog
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Neutrons
Mixture
26. 1. by row 2. atomic number and mass increase as you move left to right and top to bottom
Electrons
How atomic particles on the Periodic Table are organized:
Steps for the Scientific Method
Prophase
27. 1. positive charge 2. located in nucleus 3. mass is 1 AMU
Convection
Protons
DNA
On the Periodic Table chemical properties are loosely organized by
28. An ion
An atom with an imbalance charge
Refraction of light
Law of Reciprocal Actions
Compound
29. 1. prophase 2. metaphase 3. anaphase 4. telophase
the hierarchy within an ecosystem
Weathering
Reflection of light
the stages of mitosis?
30. Protects and supports the cell
Matter
Quantum Theory states that
Cell wall
eclipses
31. When the Moon and the Sun are in alignment we get more extreme tides.
Law of Inertia
Experimental group
Catalyst
Spring tides
32. 1. temperature (think movement) 2. pressure
Parasitism
Fulcrum
factors that cause a substance to change state
types of symbiotic relationships
33. 1. hair 2. warm - blooded 3. live birth 4. nurses their young
evidences for continental drift
eclipses
Characteristics of a mammal
The law of Conservation of Matter
34. Occurs when light returns after bouncing off an object.
Convection
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Reflection of light
evidences for continental drift
35. Refers to the vast periods of time over which the Earth changes.
evidences for continental drift
Doppler Effect
Geologic timescale
Law of Inertia
36. The types of organisms an ecosystem can support is primarily determined by the amount of...
Water
Characteristics of a mammal
Law of Acceleration
Cell membrane
37. A change in position
An atom with an imbalance charge
Motion
energy
How waves are created
38. Cellular division creating diploid cells which are typically capable of beginning the process again.
Law of Acceleration
categories of taxonomy?
Mitosis
evidences for continental drift
39. Energy in motion
Kinetic energy is
Electrolysis
wedge
Carbon
40. Occurs when heat is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves.
forces that cause changes in motion
Galaxies
Radiation
three states of matter
41. Control center of the cell
Velocity
Nucleus
Compound
chemical reaction in photosynthesis
42. Plants response to light
Phototropism
Neap tides
eclipses
Nucleus
43. Occurs when light is bent while passing from one medium into another.
Refraction of light
characteristics of life?
Mutualism
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
44. 1. incline plane2. wheel and axle 3. lever 4. pulley 5. wedge 6. screw
Six Simple Machines that reduce effort
Atomic Number
Cytoplasm
Temperature
45. 1. homeostasis 2. organization 3. metabolism 4. growth 5. adaptation 6. response to stimuli 7. reproduction
Nucleus
characteristics of life?
Carbon
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
46. Is a system in which small particles are kept dispersed by agitation or molecular motion in the surrounding medium - example: muddy freshwater
An atom with an imbalance charge
Waves
Suspension
major types of rocks on the Earth?
47. Are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun on the Earth.
50000
Seasons
Tides
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that
48. 1. evaporation 2. condensation 3. precipitation 4. infiltration 5. runoff
evidences for continental drift
key stages of the water cycle
Isotope
the stages of mitosis?
49. The quantity of substance
Nucleus
Commensalism
life cycle of a frog
Unlike temperature - the amount of thermal energy depends on
50. A bond formed when atoms share one or more of their valence electrons.
Galaxies
Covalent Bonds
Reflection of light
Sound waves