NYSTCE Multi-Subject Childhood
Education CST: Part III: Arts & Sciences
Exam Questions and Answers
Altimeter - ANSWER-An instrument that uses air pressure to record height. Ex. height of
a plance
Anemometer - ANSWER-An instrument used to measure wind.
Annuals - ANSWER-Plants that die after one growing season
Asexual Reproduction - ANSWER-Reproduction involving only one parent.
Atmosphere - ANSWER-The earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
Consists of atroposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
Bacillus - ANSWER-a rod-shaped bacteria.
Blood - ANSWER-fluid that circulates through the body distributing nutrients and
oxygen.
Angiosperm - ANSWER-A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary
that may mature into fruit.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) - ANSWER-Light emission from the upper
atmosphere that appears in many shapes and colors.
Carcinogen - ANSWER-A substance that causes cancer.
Carnivore - ANSWER-An organism that eats meat which includes animals, plants, and
fungi.
, Chemotherapy - ANSWER-A chemical that is toxic to malignant cancer cells.
Canopy - ANSWER-A layer of tree branches and vegetation elevated above the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - ANSWER-A colorless, odorless that is important to the Earth's
atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Carcinoma - ANSWER-A malignant tumer that forms in the skin outside the internal
organs.
Ceilometer - ANSWER-An instrument used to measure cloud height.
Celsius - ANSWER-A temperature scale where water frees at 0 and boils at 100
degrees.
Chinook Wind - ANSWER-A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky
Mountains.
Cell - ANSWER-The fundamental unit of all life. Consists of outer plasma membrane,
cytoplasm and genetic material.
Chlorophyll - ANSWER-A green substance that a substance that absorbs light during
photosynthesis.
Clone - ANSWER-An identical copy of an organism.
Cloud - ANSWER-A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
Education CST: Part III: Arts & Sciences
Exam Questions and Answers
Altimeter - ANSWER-An instrument that uses air pressure to record height. Ex. height of
a plance
Anemometer - ANSWER-An instrument used to measure wind.
Annuals - ANSWER-Plants that die after one growing season
Asexual Reproduction - ANSWER-Reproduction involving only one parent.
Atmosphere - ANSWER-The earth's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
Consists of atroposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
Bacillus - ANSWER-a rod-shaped bacteria.
Blood - ANSWER-fluid that circulates through the body distributing nutrients and
oxygen.
Angiosperm - ANSWER-A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary
that may mature into fruit.
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) - ANSWER-Light emission from the upper
atmosphere that appears in many shapes and colors.
Carcinogen - ANSWER-A substance that causes cancer.
Carnivore - ANSWER-An organism that eats meat which includes animals, plants, and
fungi.
, Chemotherapy - ANSWER-A chemical that is toxic to malignant cancer cells.
Canopy - ANSWER-A layer of tree branches and vegetation elevated above the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - ANSWER-A colorless, odorless that is important to the Earth's
atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Frozen CO2 is dry ice.
Carcinoma - ANSWER-A malignant tumer that forms in the skin outside the internal
organs.
Ceilometer - ANSWER-An instrument used to measure cloud height.
Celsius - ANSWER-A temperature scale where water frees at 0 and boils at 100
degrees.
Chinook Wind - ANSWER-A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky
Mountains.
Cell - ANSWER-The fundamental unit of all life. Consists of outer plasma membrane,
cytoplasm and genetic material.
Chlorophyll - ANSWER-A green substance that a substance that absorbs light during
photosynthesis.
Clone - ANSWER-An identical copy of an organism.
Cloud - ANSWER-A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere.
