Unit 1: Motion
Which body system is related to eating?
Digestive System
What is the difference between weather and climate?
weather is short term conditions
climate is long term patters
Is the following situation nature or nurture?
Mr. Kuchar has an Australian accent.
Nurture
How many cells are in the human body?
A. 50 - 100
B. 50 - 100 thousand
C. 50 - 100 trillion
B. 50 - 100 trillion
What is a neuron?
A nerve cell in the brain responsible for transferring signals
Which rises: hot air or cold air?
hot air
What does it mean when a gene is homogeneous?
AA, aa
What's the largest star in our solar system?
The sun
What is the difference between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron?
Sensory - sense the stimulus
Motor - triggers a response
Which lines are horizontal: latitude or longitude?
latitude
Draw a punnett square for the following scenario:
A butterfly with black wings (BB) and a butterfly with blue wings (bb) mate.
Bb, Bb, Bb, Bb
Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
What is an organelle?
A small specialized structure inside of living cells
Define the "Urban Heat Island Effect"
In highly developed, urban areas there is extra heat due to
1. Machines (like cars)
2. Inorganic materials (pavement, concrete vs. grass, dirt)
3. Building geometry (alleys trap heat)
Which term explains reproduction from two parents: mitosis or meiosis?
Meiosis
List the 8 planets closest from the sun from nearest to farthest
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
List all 6 of the body systems discussed in Unit 1
2. Circulatory
3. Digestive
4. Skeletal
5. Muscular
6.Nervous
Do all regions that are the same distance from the equator have the same climate? Why?
No, because of varying geography.
-nearness to waterbodies
-urban development
If a flower with white petals (ww) and the other has purple petal, too (Ww) what is the probability that they will create a flower white petals (ww)?
Ww, Ww, ww, ww
2/4 or 50%
E = mc2
"Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared." On the most basic level, the equation says that energy and mass (matter) are interchangeable; they are different forms of the same thing