Heredity
What is it called when parents pass their characteristics down to their offspring?
What is inheritance?
(will also accept What is heredity?)
What is an object that can pull iron and steel objects toward it without touching them?
What is a magnet?
This is Mr. Vincent's favorite football team.
Who are the Seattle Seahawks?
These two states border Washington State.
What is Idaho and Oregon?
Sorry, horses. This animal is known as "man's best friend"
What is a dog?
What are the characteristics or features that living things have, like eye color, height, or flower shape?
What are traits?
What do scientists call a push or pull that can make an object move, stop, or change direction?
What is force?
Mr. Vincent plays this sport every weekend, and would probably be playing right now if he could.
This is the largest US state by area (land).
What is Alaska?
This is the closest star to earth.
What is the sun?
What is it called when members of the same species have different traits, like how some pigeons have white wings, some have spotted wings, some have brown wings, etc...
What do we call it when a magnet pulls another magnet or metal object toward it?
What is attract?
What is a turtle?
This is the largest US state by population.
What is California?
This continent contains countries like Germany, Spain, Norway, Ireland, and Estonia.
What is Europe?
What is it called when humans choose which plants or animals to breed because they have desirable traits, like breeding dogs to be friendly or pigeons to grow large neck feathers?
What is artificial selection?
What do we call it when two magnets push away from each other?
What is repel?
Mr. Vincent spent almost 2 years living in this Spanish speaking country.
What is Chile?
This state, known as the Lone Star State, takes great pride in its BBQ and Mexican fusion food.
What is Texas?
8,000 x 100
What is 800,000?
What is the process where living things with helpful traits are more likely to survive and reproduce in nature? (Think of the green and brown anoles)
What is natural selection?
What is the force that slows down moving objects when they rub against each other?
What is friction?
Mr. Vincent took 5 months to hike this 2,560 mile trail from Canada to Mexico.
What is the Pacific Crest Trail?
This state, fittingly shaped like an "L", is known for its French, Spanish, and African heritages, Mardi Gras celebrations, and cajun food.
What is Lousiana?
This is the largest land mammal on earth.
What is an elephant?