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NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST Part 3: Arts &
Sciences 2025–2026 – Complete Practice
Questions and Detailed Answers
Altimeter - Correct Answer- An instrument that uses air
pressure to record height, such as the height of an airplane.
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 ONE parent only.
Atmosphere - Correct Answer- The Earth's atmosphere is
primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
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- 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) - 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 (usually
oxygen).
Canopy - Correct Answer- A layer of tree branches and
other vegetation elevated above the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (C02) - Correct Answer- A colorless,
odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric
greenhouse effect.
Carcinogen - Correct Answer- A substance that can lead to
cancer.
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Carcinoma - Correct Answer- A malignant (infectious)
tumor, which forms in the skin and outside of internal
organs.
Carnivore - Correct Answer- An organism that eats meat,
which includes animals, fungi, and plants.
Ceilometer - Correct Answer- An instrument that measures
cloud height.
Cell - Correct Answer- A fundamental unit of all light. The
cell consists of an outer plasma membrane, the cytoplasm,
and genetic material (DNA).
Celsius - Correct Answer- A temperature scale which
freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Chemical Properties - Correct Answer- Properties that do
change the chemical nature of matter.
- change results in an entirely different kind of matter.
- burning, tarnishing, rusting, decomposing
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NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST Part 3: Arts &
Sciences 2025–2026 – Complete Practice
Questions and Detailed Answers
Altimeter - Correct Answer- An instrument that uses air
pressure to record height, such as the height of an airplane.
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 ONE parent only.
Atmosphere - Correct Answer- The Earth's atmosphere is
primarily nitrogen and oxygen.
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- 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) - 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 (usually
oxygen).
Canopy - Correct Answer- A layer of tree branches and
other vegetation elevated above the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (C02) - Correct Answer- A colorless,
odorless gas that is important in the Earth's atmospheric
greenhouse effect.
Carcinogen - Correct Answer- A substance that can lead to
cancer.
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Carcinoma - Correct Answer- A malignant (infectious)
tumor, which forms in the skin and outside of internal
organs.
Carnivore - Correct Answer- An organism that eats meat,
which includes animals, fungi, and plants.
Ceilometer - Correct Answer- An instrument that measures
cloud height.
Cell - Correct Answer- A fundamental unit of all light. The
cell consists of an outer plasma membrane, the cytoplasm,
and genetic material (DNA).
Celsius - Correct Answer- A temperature scale which
freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.
Chemical Properties - Correct Answer- Properties that do
change the chemical nature of matter.
- change results in an entirely different kind of matter.
- burning, tarnishing, rusting, decomposing
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