CSET SUBTEST II – CERTIFICATION EXAM |
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
What are mutations
Genetic mutations-variety
There was a question and image about a triangle being folded
and converted into a cone. Gives you 120 as the height. find the
radius.
Water cycle?
Condensation
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Rain drop and gravity- which direction will it fall?
slight right direction
what makes grass green or gives it a green color
Chlorophyll (chlorophyll absorbs blue light and red light, but
reflects the green light)
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Why is it colder in the central valley in the winter than on the
coast in CA?
It is warmer at the central coast
Why does the ocean not freeze as fast as a lake?
Sea water freezes at lower temperatures, then something about
the ice crystals in the fresh-water) 6/4 confirm on ice crystals
wording
What would happen if a plant was watered with ocean or salt
water
If a plant is watered with saltwater it will wilt, if too much water
is lost during osmosis the plant will die.
From the Northern Hemisphere, what place would experience
the longest amount of daylight? Or the question was, where was
the longest day experienced or the sun the longest-June
Solstice?
Anchorage, Alaska
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What instrument is used to measure air pressure
Air pressure, atmospheric pressure-use a barometer
What does mutation do .. Options were all about how mutations
give you advantages
Retry A change in a gene (DNA), results in a mutation. There are
beneficial mutations that help an organism (think about a white
fur gene for a rabbit living in the arctic). There are also mutations
that harm and can kill an organism (think about diseases like
Sickle Cell Anemia). Remember, for evolution to work you need
mutations. The white fur mutation for the rabbit helps it to
survive in the snow of the Arctic because it is camouflaged.