Plate Tectonics
The process where new crust forms, pushing the older crust away simultaneously in both directions (East & West)
What is seafloor spreading?
Different forms of a gene
What is variation?
A stable, positively charged subatomic particles found in the nucleus of all atoms
What is protons?
The type of energy when an object is in motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
Developed the three laws of motion
The theory that all continents were once joined together
What is the Continental Drift theory?
The letters shown in punnet squares
What is genotypes?
a subatomic particle found in the atomic nucleus, with no electrical charge
What is neutrons?
The type of energy when an object is NOT in motion
What is potential energy?
The man's name the discovered tectonic plates
Who is Alfred Wegener?
The natural disaster that occurs when tectonic plates suddenly shift forward after being stuck
What is earthquake?
Offspring receive one set of these form each parent
What is chromosomes?
stable, negatively charged elementary subatomic particles that orbit the nucleus of an atom
What is electrons?
A fundamental, universal force of attraction between all objects with mass, where larger, closer objects exert a stronger pull
What is gravity?
Advanced our understanding of cosmology and black holes.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
The supercontinent that was present about 300 million years ago before the movement of plates separated it
Natural changes in DNA sequences can create new traits
What is mutation?
The process that involves breaking and forming bonds, such as combining oxygen and hydrogen or organic reactions.
What is a chemical reaction?
the rate of change of an object’s position with respect to direction
What is velocity?
They discovered radium and polonium; first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
Convergent boundaries that allow denser oceanic plates to slide beneath continental, or other oceanic plates
What is subduction zones?
The basis for natural selection, allowing beneficial traits to pass on through generations.
What is evolution?
A chart where elements are organized by atomic number, displaying trends in reactivity and properties
What is the Periodic Table?
A force that opposes motion when two surfaces rub together, acting in the opposite direction of movement
What is friction?
Proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?