Weather & Atmosphere
What are the steps (or processes) of the water cycle?
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Transpiration
What is the basic building block of all life?
the Cell
What body system breaks down food to give the body energy?
What is Genetics?
The study of how traits are passed from parent-offspring
How do I find the speed of an object?
Speed= distance divided by time
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Larger cells that have membrane-bound organelles
Eukaryotes
What system is the body's defense against infectious organisms?
Immune System
Who is "the father of genetics"?
Gregor Mendel
True or False: Science is the best subject
TRUE!
What is the difference between weather and climate?
weather--day to day conditions of the atmosphere
climate--average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
What is the function of the nucleus?
Store DNA & control cell activities
Name in order the levels of biological organization:
1. Cell
2. Tissue
3. Organ
4. Organ System
5. Organism
What is the trait that will ALWAYS take over?
Dominant Trait
A push or pull
Force
What is an air mass?
a body of air that shares the same temperature, humidity, and pressure as the area it is over--causes weather
What does the mitochondria do?
creates energy for the cell
What are the three types of blood vessels in the circulatory system?
1. arteries
2. capillaries
3. veins
How many chromosomes do humans have?
46 or 23 pairs
(Bonus 800 pts.) List any of the 4 simple machines
Lever, Wheel & Axle, Pulley, Incline Plane, Wedge, Screw
What are the layers of the atmosphere? (in order 500pts; 250pts points if out of order)
1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Thermosphere
5. Exosphere
What are the 4 types of protists we studied under a microscope? (Half points)
Euglena, Paramecium, Ameoba, Volvox
What does the endocrine system do?
Growth & Development, Metabolism, Hormone Regulation, Sleep, Mood
If I cross a parent whose genotype is WW and another parent whose genotype is ww, what is the probability that their offspring will be heterozygous?
100%
(Bonus: 1000 pts) What are Newton's 3 Laws of Motion?
1. Inertia (object at rest stays at rest; object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force)
2. F=ma (Unbalanced force will cause an object to accelerate in the direction of the force)
3. Action-Reaction (when an object exerts a force on another; that object exerts an equal and opposite force back)