Pollination
Earth Science
Genetics
Chemistry
Matter and Energy
100
Why do ants collect violet seeds?
For food! (seeds are high in fat and protein)
100
Found in the center of the earth and made of solid iron and nickel
inner core
100
observable characteristics inherited from parents. Examples can include physical features, behaviors, and risks of getting certain diseases.
traits (or phenotype)
100
subatomic particle with a negative charge (-)
electron
100
the ability to do work or cause a change
examples are kinetic and light
energy
200
Which butterfly lays its eggs on milkweed plants?
The Monarch Butterfly
200
liquid layer of nickel and iron between the mantle and the center of Earth, creates Earth's magnetic field.
outer core
200
the alleles (versions of a gene) that code for a trait (choose either phenotype or genotype)
genotype
200
-the smallest particle of an element
-made of protons, neutrons, and electrons
atom
200
another name for kinetic energy
motion
300
What is the name of the process in which an insect, animal or wind moves pollen from the male part of the flower to the female part of a flower?
pollination
300
Sections of the Earth's crust that move, made of lithosphere and the rigid part of the mantle
tectonic plates
300
long helix/spiral staircase-shaped molecule that contains and passes on genetic information
DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid
300
a change in shape, size, appearance of a substance without altering its chemical composition/identity
physical change
300
state of matter in which a material has no definite shape or volume (choose gas, liquid, or solid)
gas
400
small powder like grains that contain the male reproductive cell (sperm)
pollen
400
Which layer is the youngest layer (laid down most recently)? Choose either top, bottom, or middle.
The top layer
400
The number of chromosomes in a human body cell (not eggs or sperm)
46
400
when one substance is transformed into one or more different substances
chemical change (or chemical reaction)
400
state of matter in which a material has a definite volume (amount of space it takes up) but not a definite shape (choose solid, liquid, or gas)
liquid
500
small pod in a flower that contains the pollen
anther
500
The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
asthenosphere
500
different versions of the same gene on homologous (a pair) of chromosomes
alleles
500
subatomic particle with a positive (+) charge
proton
500
state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and volume (choose solid, liquid, or gas)
solid