CST Certification Exam Questions And
Answers A Graded
alimeter - Answer-an instrument that uses air pressure to record height
/.anemomete - Answer-an instrument used to measure wind speed
/.angiosperm - Answer-a group of plants that produces seeds which may mature to fruit
/.annuals - Answer-plants that die after one growing season
/.asexual reproduction - Answer-reproduction involving one parent
/.atmosphere - Answer-nitrogen and oxygen. extends from the Earths surface
/.aurora borealis (northern lights) - Answer-light emission from the upper atmosphere
that appears in shapes and colors
/.baccilus - Answer-a rod shaped bacteria
/.blood - Answer-fluid that circulates through the body distributing nutrients and oxygen
/.canopy - Answer-a layer of tree branches and vegetation above the ground
/.carbon dioxide - Answer-a colorless odorless gas that is important in the earths
atmospheric greenhouse effect
/.carcinogen - Answer-a substance that can lead to cancer
/.carcinoma - Answer-a malignant tumor which forms in the skin and internal organs
/.carnivore - Answer-eats inly meat
/.cailometer - Answer-an instrument that measures cloud height
/.cell - Answer-the unit of life. outer plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and DNA
/.chemotherapy - Answer-cancer treatment that includes chemical toxic to malignant
cells
/.chinook wind - Answer-a warm dry wind on the eastern side of the rocky mountaina
/.chlorophyll - Answer-the green substance that absorbs lights during photosynthesis
, /.chromosome - Answer-a single DNA molecule coiled and condensed to a structure
/.clone - Answer-an identical copy of an organism
/.cloud - Answer-a visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere
/.commensalism - Answer-relationship between dissimilar organisms that is
advantageous to one and doesnt affect eachother
/.continental divide - Answer-mountains that separate water flowing towards opposite
sides of the country
/.convection - Answer-movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture.
thunderstorms are caused by convection
/.core - Answer-part of earth below the mantle to the earths center
/.cross pollination - Answer-fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant
species
/.diabetes - Answer-disease with lower levels of insulin
/.diploid cell - Answer-cell with two copies of each chromosome
/.DNA - Answer-component of chromosomes tht carries genetic code
/.double helix - Answer-the coiling strands of DNA that resembles a spiral staircase
/.ecology - Answer-interactions of organisms with their environment and with eachother
/.ecosystem - Answer-organisms in an area with their environment that they live
/.el nino - Answer-warming of pacific ocean seawater that leads to significant weather
changes in US
/.embryo - Answer-the stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote
/.enzyme - Answer-a protein that aids biochemical reactions
/.epicenter - Answer-surface of earth immediately above the focus of earthquake
/.esophogus - Answer-part of the gut that connects that pharynx and stomach
/.estuary - Answer-freshwater and seawater mix
Answers A Graded
alimeter - Answer-an instrument that uses air pressure to record height
/.anemomete - Answer-an instrument used to measure wind speed
/.angiosperm - Answer-a group of plants that produces seeds which may mature to fruit
/.annuals - Answer-plants that die after one growing season
/.asexual reproduction - Answer-reproduction involving one parent
/.atmosphere - Answer-nitrogen and oxygen. extends from the Earths surface
/.aurora borealis (northern lights) - Answer-light emission from the upper atmosphere
that appears in shapes and colors
/.baccilus - Answer-a rod shaped bacteria
/.blood - Answer-fluid that circulates through the body distributing nutrients and oxygen
/.canopy - Answer-a layer of tree branches and vegetation above the ground
/.carbon dioxide - Answer-a colorless odorless gas that is important in the earths
atmospheric greenhouse effect
/.carcinogen - Answer-a substance that can lead to cancer
/.carcinoma - Answer-a malignant tumor which forms in the skin and internal organs
/.carnivore - Answer-eats inly meat
/.cailometer - Answer-an instrument that measures cloud height
/.cell - Answer-the unit of life. outer plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and DNA
/.chemotherapy - Answer-cancer treatment that includes chemical toxic to malignant
cells
/.chinook wind - Answer-a warm dry wind on the eastern side of the rocky mountaina
/.chlorophyll - Answer-the green substance that absorbs lights during photosynthesis
, /.chromosome - Answer-a single DNA molecule coiled and condensed to a structure
/.clone - Answer-an identical copy of an organism
/.cloud - Answer-a visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere
/.commensalism - Answer-relationship between dissimilar organisms that is
advantageous to one and doesnt affect eachother
/.continental divide - Answer-mountains that separate water flowing towards opposite
sides of the country
/.convection - Answer-movement up in the atmosphere of heated moisture.
thunderstorms are caused by convection
/.core - Answer-part of earth below the mantle to the earths center
/.cross pollination - Answer-fertilization of one plant by pollen from a different plant
species
/.diabetes - Answer-disease with lower levels of insulin
/.diploid cell - Answer-cell with two copies of each chromosome
/.DNA - Answer-component of chromosomes tht carries genetic code
/.double helix - Answer-the coiling strands of DNA that resembles a spiral staircase
/.ecology - Answer-interactions of organisms with their environment and with eachother
/.ecosystem - Answer-organisms in an area with their environment that they live
/.el nino - Answer-warming of pacific ocean seawater that leads to significant weather
changes in US
/.embryo - Answer-the stage of cellular divisions that develops from a zygote
/.enzyme - Answer-a protein that aids biochemical reactions
/.epicenter - Answer-surface of earth immediately above the focus of earthquake
/.esophogus - Answer-part of the gut that connects that pharynx and stomach
/.estuary - Answer-freshwater and seawater mix
