NYSTCE MULTI SUBJECT CST PART 3 ARTS &
SCIENCES WITH 150 QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
An instrument that uses air pressure to record height, such as the height of an
airplane. - ANSWER-Altimeter
An instrument to measure wind speed. - ANSWER-Anemometer
A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary, which may mature
into a fruit. - ANSWER-Angiosperm
Plants that die after one growing season. - ANSWER-Annuals
Reproduction involving ONE parent only. - ANSWER-Asexual Reproduction
The Earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
- atmosphere extends to the surface of about 10km.
- stratosphere extends from 10km to 50km
- mesosphere extends from 50km to 80km
- thermosphere extends beyond 80km - ANSWER-Atmosphere
Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors. -
ANSWER-Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
,a rod-shaped bacteria. - ANSWER-Bacillus
Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal, distributing nutrients
(usually oxygen). - ANSWER-Blood
A layer of tree branches and other vegetation elevated above the ground. -
ANSWER-Canopy
A colorless, odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse
effect. - ANSWER-Carbon Dioxide (C02)
A substance that can lead to cancer. - ANSWER-Carcinogen
A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms in the skin and outside of internal
organs. - ANSWER-Carcinoma
An organism that eats meat, which includes animals, fungi, and plants. -
ANSWER-Carnivore
An instrument that measures cloud height. - ANSWER-Ceilometer
A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane, the
cytoplasm, and genetic material (DNA). - ANSWER-Cell
A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. -
ANSWER-Celsius
Properties that do change the chemical nature of matter.
, - change results in an entirely different kind of matter.
- burning, tarnishing, rusting, decomposing - ANSWER-Chemical Properties
A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to malignant (infected) cells. -
ANSWER-Chemotherapy
A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. - ANSWER-
Chinook Wind
The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis. - ANSWER-
Chlorophyll
A single DNA molecule, a tightly coiled strand of DNA, condensed into a compact
structure. - ANSWER-Chromosome
An identical copy of an organism. - ANSWER-Clone
A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere. - ANSWER-Cloud
A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits from the other
without affecting it. - ANSWER-Commensalism
In the United States, the part of the western mountains that separates water flowing
toward opposite side of the country. - ANSWER-Continental Divide
The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often
caused by convection. - ANSWER-Convection
SCIENCES WITH 150 QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
An instrument that uses air pressure to record height, such as the height of an
airplane. - ANSWER-Altimeter
An instrument to measure wind speed. - ANSWER-Anemometer
A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary, which may mature
into a fruit. - ANSWER-Angiosperm
Plants that die after one growing season. - ANSWER-Annuals
Reproduction involving ONE parent only. - ANSWER-Asexual Reproduction
The Earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
- atmosphere extends to the surface of about 10km.
- stratosphere extends from 10km to 50km
- mesosphere extends from 50km to 80km
- thermosphere extends beyond 80km - ANSWER-Atmosphere
Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors. -
ANSWER-Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
,a rod-shaped bacteria. - ANSWER-Bacillus
Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal, distributing nutrients
(usually oxygen). - ANSWER-Blood
A layer of tree branches and other vegetation elevated above the ground. -
ANSWER-Canopy
A colorless, odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse
effect. - ANSWER-Carbon Dioxide (C02)
A substance that can lead to cancer. - ANSWER-Carcinogen
A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms in the skin and outside of internal
organs. - ANSWER-Carcinoma
An organism that eats meat, which includes animals, fungi, and plants. -
ANSWER-Carnivore
An instrument that measures cloud height. - ANSWER-Ceilometer
A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of an outer plasma membrane, the
cytoplasm, and genetic material (DNA). - ANSWER-Cell
A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. -
ANSWER-Celsius
Properties that do change the chemical nature of matter.
, - change results in an entirely different kind of matter.
- burning, tarnishing, rusting, decomposing - ANSWER-Chemical Properties
A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to malignant (infected) cells. -
ANSWER-Chemotherapy
A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. - ANSWER-
Chinook Wind
The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis. - ANSWER-
Chlorophyll
A single DNA molecule, a tightly coiled strand of DNA, condensed into a compact
structure. - ANSWER-Chromosome
An identical copy of an organism. - ANSWER-Clone
A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere. - ANSWER-Cloud
A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits from the other
without affecting it. - ANSWER-Commensalism
In the United States, the part of the western mountains that separates water flowing
toward opposite side of the country. - ANSWER-Continental Divide
The movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture. Thunderstorms are often
caused by convection. - ANSWER-Convection
