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NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST ART
AND SCIENCES
Altimeter - answer -An instrument that uses air pressure to record
height, such as the height of an airplane.
Anemometer - answer -An instrument to measure wind speed.
Angiosperm - answer -A group of plants that produce seeds
enclosed within an ovary, which may mature into a fruit.
Annuals - answer -Plants that die after one growing season.
Asexual Reproduction - answer -Reproduction involving ONE
parent only.
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
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) - answer -Light emission from
the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Bacillus - answer -a rod-shaped bacteria.
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Blood - answer -Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an
animal, distributing nutrients (usually oxygen).
Canopy - answer -A layer of tree branches and other vegetation
elevated above the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (C02) - answer -A colorless, odorless gas that is
important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Carcinogen - answer -A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinoma - answer -A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms
in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Carnivore - answer -An organism that eats meat, which includes
animals, fungi, and plants.
Ceilometer - answer -An instrument that measures cloud height.
Cell - answer -A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of
an outer plasma membrane, the cytoplasm, and genetic material
(DNA).
Celsius - answer -A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees
and boils at 100 degrees.
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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
Chemotherapy - answer -A cancer treatment that includes
chemicals toxic to malignant (infected) cells.
Chinook Wind - answer -A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of
the Rocky Mountains.
Chlorophyll - answer -The green substance that absorbs light
during photosynthesis.
Chromosome - answer -A single DNA molecule, a tightly coiled
strand of DNA, condensed into a compact structure.
Clone - answer -An identical copy of an organism.
Cloud - answer -A visible group of water or ice particles in the
atmosphere.
Commensalism - answer -A relationship between two organisms
where one organism benefits from the other without affecting it.
NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST ART
AND SCIENCES
Altimeter - answer -An instrument that uses air pressure to record
height, such as the height of an airplane.
Anemometer - answer -An instrument to measure wind speed.
Angiosperm - answer -A group of plants that produce seeds
enclosed within an ovary, which may mature into a fruit.
Annuals - answer -Plants that die after one growing season.
Asexual Reproduction - answer -Reproduction involving ONE
parent only.
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
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) - answer -Light emission from
the upper atmosphere that appear in many shapes and colors.
Bacillus - answer -a rod-shaped bacteria.
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Blood - answer -Fluid that circulates throughout the body of an
animal, distributing nutrients (usually oxygen).
Canopy - answer -A layer of tree branches and other vegetation
elevated above the ground.
Carbon Dioxide (C02) - answer -A colorless, odorless gas that is
important in the Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Carcinogen - answer -A substance that can lead to cancer.
Carcinoma - answer -A malignant (infectious) tumor, which forms
in the skin and outside of internal organs.
Carnivore - answer -An organism that eats meat, which includes
animals, fungi, and plants.
Ceilometer - answer -An instrument that measures cloud height.
Cell - answer -A fundamental unit of all light. The cell consists of
an outer plasma membrane, the cytoplasm, and genetic material
(DNA).
Celsius - answer -A temperature scale which freezes at 0 degrees
and boils at 100 degrees.
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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
Chemotherapy - answer -A cancer treatment that includes
chemicals toxic to malignant (infected) cells.
Chinook Wind - answer -A warm, dry wind on the eastern side of
the Rocky Mountains.
Chlorophyll - answer -The green substance that absorbs light
during photosynthesis.
Chromosome - answer -A single DNA molecule, a tightly coiled
strand of DNA, condensed into a compact structure.
Clone - answer -An identical copy of an organism.
Cloud - answer -A visible group of water or ice particles in the
atmosphere.
Commensalism - answer -A relationship between two organisms
where one organism benefits from the other without affecting it.
