NYSTCE CST 245 Arts & Sciences Exam (Elaborated Questions And Reviewed Answers

NYSTCE CST 245 Arts & Sciences Exam (Elaborated Questions And Reviewed Answers altimeter - CORRECT ANSWER-an instrument that uses air pressure to record height, such as the height of a plane anemometer - CORRECT ANSWER-an instrument to measure wind speed angiosperm - CORRECT ANSWER-a group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary, which may mature into a fruit annuals - CORRECT ANSWER-plants that die after one growing season asexual reproduction - CORRECT ANSWER-reproduction involving only one parent atmosphere - CORRECT ANSWER-the Earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen. The atmosphere extends from the surface to about 10 km; the stratosphere from 10 km to 50 km; the mesosphere from 50 km to 80 km; and there thermosphere is the atmosphere beyond 80 km aurora borealis (northern lights) - CORRECT ANSWER-light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors bacillus - CORRECT ANSWER-a rod-shaped bacteria blood - CORRECT ANSWER-fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal, distributing nutrients, and usually oxygen canopy - CORRECT ANSWER-a layer of tree branches and other vegetation elevated above the ground Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - CORRECT ANSWER-an colorless, odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. From CO2 is dry ice. carcinogen - CORRECT ANSWER-a substance that can lead to cancer carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER-a malignant tumor, which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs