Energy
When you turn on a hairdryer, what energy transformation occurs?
What is electrical energy is converted into thermal energy (heat) and kinetic energy (movement of air)?
What are the two main factors that drive the cycling of water through Earth's systems according to the standard?
What are energy from the sun and the force of gravity?
This gas, often emitted by cars and factories, traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere and contributes to global warming. What is it?
CO2 (carbon dioxide)
This part of the cell acts as the control center, containing genetic material and directing cell activities. What is the name of the structure responsible for controlling the cell's activities?
What is the nucleus
Which type of passing on genes involves only one parent?
What is asexual reproduction?
What type of energy is produced by the movement of particles within an object?
What is thermal energy?
What is the process by which water changes from liquid to vapor and enters the atmosphere?
What is evaporation?
What are problems with deforestation?
What is the trees act like a filter and get rid of extra CO2, they offer a habitat for animals, the trees help to hold in the soil so it is not washed away during a rain.
These structures found in plant cells are responsible for capturing sunlight and converting it into energy through photosynthesis. What are the green structures called?
What are chloroplasts?
What is the main reason why offspring produced through asexual reproduction have identical genetic information, while offspring produced through sexual reproduction have genetic variation?
What is asexual reproduction involves a copy of one set of directions/genes while sexual reproduction involves 2 parents which have different gene sets.
In which state of matter do particles have the most thermal energy: solid, liquid, or gas?
What is gas?
How do prevailing winds change the weather?
What is wind coming from the ocean brings moisture to the continents?
What are at least 4 human activities that add to the extra layer of greenhouse gases?
What are driving cars, cutting down trees, factories, raising cattle? Any activity that burns fossil fuels
In the human body, groups of similar cells form these structures, which work together to perform specific functions such as digestion or circulation. What are these structures called, which are made up of groups of cells with similar functions?
What are tissues?
What percent chance would offspring have of getting the recessive trait if the following sets of alleles were crossed: Gg and gg
What is 50%?
What is the process of transferring thermal energy through direct contact between objects at different temperatures?
What is conduction?
What factor causes the Earth's surface to be heated unevenly, leading to variations in temperature and pressure?
What is the more direct sunlight at the equator causing this part of the earth to heat up more?
Why are people that live near the coast becoming concerned about the thicker greenhouse gas layer in the atmosphere?
What is the glaciers are melting due to extra heat being trapped in the atmosphere?
what is the organ system responsible for getting nutrients and oxygen where it is needed throughout the body?
What is the circulatory system?
What is Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection?
What is the process that describes how organisms with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Explain the process of thermal energy transfer known as convection, and provide an example of how it occurs in everyday life.
Convection is the transfer of thermal energy through the movement of fluids (liquids or gases). In this process, warmer fluid rises while cooler fluid sinks, creating a continuous circulation pattern. An example of convection in everyday life is the heating of a room by a radiator. As the air near the radiator is heated, it becomes less dense and rises, while cooler air moves in to take its place, creating a convection current that circulates heat throughout the room.
How do landforms such as mountains and prevailing winds influence the distribution of moisture?
What are they act as a barrier causing the moisture to precipitate down. Therefore the other side of the mountain is much more dry.
Explain why it is better for climate change to eat a plant based diet than a diet that includes a lot of beef?
Raising cattle increases the methane (which is a greenhouse gas) in our atmosphere. It also takes a lot more energy to raise a cow than it does to grow a crop like corn or wheat. The less energy we consume the better.
When you touch something hot and quickly pull your hand away, what part of your body is sending a message to your brain to react?
What is the nervous system?
How can the genetic makeup of large breed cattle and different species of grass influence the growth of organisms such as livestock?