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NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST: Part 3, Arts & Sciences
2025 update|comprehensive questions and verified
answers (complete solutions) Exam|GRADE A+!!
Altimeter - (ANSWER)An instrument that uses air pressure to record height, such
as the height of an airplane.
Anemometer - (ANSWER)An instrument to measure wind speed.
Angiosperm - (ANSWER)A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an
ovary, which may mature into a fruit.
Annuals - (ANSWER)Plants that die after one growing season.
Asexual Reproduction - (ANSWER)Reproduction involving ONE parent only.
Atmosphere - (ANSWER)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
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) - (ANSWER)Light emission from the upper
atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
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Bacillus - (ANSWER)a rod-shaped bacteria.
Blood - (ANSWER)Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal,
distributing nutrients (usually oxygen).
Canopy - (ANSWER)A layer of tree branches and other vegetation elevated above
the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (C02) - (ANSWER)A colorless, odorless gas that is important in the
Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Carcinogen - (ANSWER)A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinoma - (ANSWER)A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms in the skin
and outside of internal organs.
Carnivore - (ANSWER)An organism that eats meat, which includes animals, fungi,
and plants.
Ceilometer - (ANSWER)An instrument that measures cloud height.
Cell - (ANSWER)A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of an outer
plasma membrane, the cytoplasm, and genetic material (DNA).
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Celsius - (ANSWER)A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees and boils at
100 degrees.
Chemical Properties - (ANSWER)Properties that do change the chemical nature of
matter.
- change results in an entirely different kind of matter.
- burning, tarnishing, rusting, decomposing
Chemotherapy - (ANSWER)A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to
malignant (infected) cells.
Chinook Wind - (ANSWER)A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky
Mountains.
Chlorophyll - (ANSWER)The green substance that absorbs light during
photosynthesis.
Chromosome - (ANSWER)A single DNA molecule, a tightly coiled strand of DNA,
condensed into a compact structure.
Clone - (ANSWER)An identical copy of an organism.
Cloud - (ANSWER)A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST: Part 3, Arts & Sciences
2025 update|comprehensive questions and verified
answers (complete solutions) Exam|GRADE A+!!
Altimeter - (ANSWER)An instrument that uses air pressure to record height, such
as the height of an airplane.
Anemometer - (ANSWER)An instrument to measure wind speed.
Angiosperm - (ANSWER)A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an
ovary, which may mature into a fruit.
Annuals - (ANSWER)Plants that die after one growing season.
Asexual Reproduction - (ANSWER)Reproduction involving ONE parent only.
Atmosphere - (ANSWER)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
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) - (ANSWER)Light emission from the upper
atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
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Bacillus - (ANSWER)a rod-shaped bacteria.
Blood - (ANSWER)Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal,
distributing nutrients (usually oxygen).
Canopy - (ANSWER)A layer of tree branches and other vegetation elevated above
the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (C02) - (ANSWER)A colorless, odorless gas that is important in the
Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Carcinogen - (ANSWER)A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinoma - (ANSWER)A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms in the skin
and outside of internal organs.
Carnivore - (ANSWER)An organism that eats meat, which includes animals, fungi,
and plants.
Ceilometer - (ANSWER)An instrument that measures cloud height.
Cell - (ANSWER)A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of an outer
plasma membrane, the cytoplasm, and genetic material (DNA).
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Celsius - (ANSWER)A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees and boils at
100 degrees.
Chemical Properties - (ANSWER)Properties that do change the chemical nature of
matter.
- change results in an entirely different kind of matter.
- burning, tarnishing, rusting, decomposing
Chemotherapy - (ANSWER)A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to
malignant (infected) cells.
Chinook Wind - (ANSWER)A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky
Mountains.
Chlorophyll - (ANSWER)The green substance that absorbs light during
photosynthesis.
Chromosome - (ANSWER)A single DNA molecule, a tightly coiled strand of DNA,
condensed into a compact structure.
Clone - (ANSWER)An identical copy of an organism.
Cloud - (ANSWER)A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
