CSET SUBTEST II
# Term Definition
1 Condensation Cloud/No rain
2 Rain drop and gravity-which Slight Right _______ | \ \ | \ \ \ \
direction will it fall?
3 Why does the ocean not freeze as Salt water needs lower levels of temperature to
fast as a lake? freeze and form ice crystals than lake water
4 What are the folds of the long (Absorb nutrients) To increase surface area over
digestive system for? which the nutrients can be absorbed
5 From the Northern Hemisphere, Alaska
what place would experience the
longest amount of daylight?
(Summer Solstice)
6 In the Northern Hemisphere , on a Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
day in the WINTER solstice, which
place experiences the longest
amount of sunlight
7 What are mutations? Mutations introduce variation in a population
8 Compared to the waters of the Lack nutrients derived from the land or ocean
continental shelf, the surface sediment on the seabed.
waters of the open ocean are
generally much less productive
because they
9 Which of the activities take place RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA
in the nucleus of a cell? template
10 Which of the following is the best Light passing through raindrops produce a
refraction of light waves? rainbow
11 Members of what groups act as Fungi
decomposers?
12 What would a cell look like if it’s a Long and tubular and mitochondria
muscle cell?
, CSET SUBTEST II
# Term Definition
13 How is the surface of the ocean (Most biological production) Affects the food
different from the bottom? chain between the algae and the birds. Has more
oxygen on top
14 Which of the following is indicated How long the rock took to cool as it formed
by the size of the minerals in an
igneous rock sample?
15 What is a good conductor of Copper
electricity?
16 Which of the following changes is The percent of beetles that are genetically darker
an example of natural selection in color increases in populations that expand
from prairie into forest.
17 During the N.Hemisphere’s winter, Tilt of Earth's rotational axis compared to its
the sun’s path across the sky is orbital plane
shorter and closer to the horizon
than it is during the summer. This
seasonal change in the sun’s path
across the sky is caused by
18 Students conducting a science Surface area of solute WATER
experiment with sugar cubes in
water vs. crushed sugar in water
19 What is the missing cycle of the Chrysalis (Eggs, Caterpillar (Larva), Chrysalis
life cycle of a butterfly? This (Pupa), Butterfly
question is a picture of the
butterfly cycle
20 What would happen if a plant was If a plant is watered with salt water, it will wilt, if
watered with Ocean or Salt water? too much water it is is lost during osmosis--- the
plant will die
21 Polaris view North Star, the Earth is pointed directly at it, stars
circle around it, it does not move, northern
direction, Earth rotates
22 Which is the best example of Frost in granite or rock OR rain freezing in the
physical weathering? cracks in rocks breaking up rocks into smaller
rocks
23 Photosynthesis 6CO (2) Sunlight
# Term Definition
1 Condensation Cloud/No rain
2 Rain drop and gravity-which Slight Right _______ | \ \ | \ \ \ \
direction will it fall?
3 Why does the ocean not freeze as Salt water needs lower levels of temperature to
fast as a lake? freeze and form ice crystals than lake water
4 What are the folds of the long (Absorb nutrients) To increase surface area over
digestive system for? which the nutrients can be absorbed
5 From the Northern Hemisphere, Alaska
what place would experience the
longest amount of daylight?
(Summer Solstice)
6 In the Northern Hemisphere , on a Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
day in the WINTER solstice, which
place experiences the longest
amount of sunlight
7 What are mutations? Mutations introduce variation in a population
8 Compared to the waters of the Lack nutrients derived from the land or ocean
continental shelf, the surface sediment on the seabed.
waters of the open ocean are
generally much less productive
because they
9 Which of the activities take place RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA
in the nucleus of a cell? template
10 Which of the following is the best Light passing through raindrops produce a
refraction of light waves? rainbow
11 Members of what groups act as Fungi
decomposers?
12 What would a cell look like if it’s a Long and tubular and mitochondria
muscle cell?
, CSET SUBTEST II
# Term Definition
13 How is the surface of the ocean (Most biological production) Affects the food
different from the bottom? chain between the algae and the birds. Has more
oxygen on top
14 Which of the following is indicated How long the rock took to cool as it formed
by the size of the minerals in an
igneous rock sample?
15 What is a good conductor of Copper
electricity?
16 Which of the following changes is The percent of beetles that are genetically darker
an example of natural selection in color increases in populations that expand
from prairie into forest.
17 During the N.Hemisphere’s winter, Tilt of Earth's rotational axis compared to its
the sun’s path across the sky is orbital plane
shorter and closer to the horizon
than it is during the summer. This
seasonal change in the sun’s path
across the sky is caused by
18 Students conducting a science Surface area of solute WATER
experiment with sugar cubes in
water vs. crushed sugar in water
19 What is the missing cycle of the Chrysalis (Eggs, Caterpillar (Larva), Chrysalis
life cycle of a butterfly? This (Pupa), Butterfly
question is a picture of the
butterfly cycle
20 What would happen if a plant was If a plant is watered with salt water, it will wilt, if
watered with Ocean or Salt water? too much water it is is lost during osmosis--- the
plant will die
21 Polaris view North Star, the Earth is pointed directly at it, stars
circle around it, it does not move, northern
direction, Earth rotates
22 Which is the best example of Frost in granite or rock OR rain freezing in the
physical weathering? cracks in rocks breaking up rocks into smaller
rocks
23 Photosynthesis 6CO (2) Sunlight
