NYSTCE MULTI – SUBJECT CST
PART 3 ARTS AND SCIENCES
EXAM STUDY GUIDE / 160+
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025 GRADED A+.
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, 1. Altimeter ANSWER An instrument that uses air pressure to record height, such as the height of an airplane.
2. Anemometer ANSWER An instrument to measure wind speed.
3. Angiosperm ANSWER A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary, which may mature into a
fruit.
4. Annuals ANSWER Plants that die after one growing season.
5. Asexual Reproduction ANSWER Reproduction involving ONE parent only.
6. 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
7. Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) ANSWER Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many
shapes and colors.
8. Bacillus ANSWER a rod-shaped bacteria.
9. Blood ANSWER Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal, distributing nutri- ents (usually oxygen).
10. Canopy ANSWER A layer of tree branches and other vegetation elevated above the ground.
11. Carbon Dioxide (C02) ANSWER A colorless, odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse
effect.
12. Carcinogen ANSWER A substance that can lead to cancer.
13. Carcinoma ANSWER A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
14. Carnivore ANSWER An organism that eats meat, which includes animals, fungi, and plants.
15. Ceilometer ANSWER An instrument that measures cloud height.
16. Cell ANSWER A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of an outer plasma mem- brane, the cytoplasm,
and genetic material (DNA).
17. Celsius ANSWER A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
18. 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
19. Chemotherapy ANSWER A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to malignant (infected) cells.
20. Chinook Wind ANSWER A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
21. Chlorophyll ANSWER The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
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PART 3 ARTS AND SCIENCES
EXAM STUDY GUIDE / 160+
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025 GRADED A+.
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, 1. Altimeter ANSWER An instrument that uses air pressure to record height, such as the height of an airplane.
2. Anemometer ANSWER An instrument to measure wind speed.
3. Angiosperm ANSWER A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary, which may mature into a
fruit.
4. Annuals ANSWER Plants that die after one growing season.
5. Asexual Reproduction ANSWER Reproduction involving ONE parent only.
6. 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
7. Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) ANSWER Light emission from the upper atmosphere that appear in many
shapes and colors.
8. Bacillus ANSWER a rod-shaped bacteria.
9. Blood ANSWER Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an animal, distributing nutri- ents (usually oxygen).
10. Canopy ANSWER A layer of tree branches and other vegetation elevated above the ground.
11. Carbon Dioxide (C02) ANSWER A colorless, odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse
effect.
12. Carcinogen ANSWER A substance that can lead to cancer.
13. Carcinoma ANSWER A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms in the skin and outside of internal organs.
14. Carnivore ANSWER An organism that eats meat, which includes animals, fungi, and plants.
15. Ceilometer ANSWER An instrument that measures cloud height.
16. Cell ANSWER A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of an outer plasma mem- brane, the cytoplasm,
and genetic material (DNA).
17. Celsius ANSWER A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
18. 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
19. Chemotherapy ANSWER A cancer treatment that includes chemicals toxic to malignant (infected) cells.
20. Chinook Wind ANSWER A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
21. Chlorophyll ANSWER The green substance that absorbs light during photosynthesis.
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