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The evolution of a new species
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago,(coal, petroleum, natural gas )
What are fossil fuels
The study of heredity.
What is genetics
Created the Theory of Continental Drift
Who is Alfred Wegener
This is used to determine the relative age of the fossils
What is the depth of the rock layers/order of rock layers
The process in which humans bred animals or plants for a particular trait.
What is selective breeding or artificial selection.
the process of certain gases in the atmosphere absorbing and reradiating thermal energy from the sun.
What is the greenhouse effect
Where genes are located
What is in the chromosomes
This is the type of rock that is made with heat and pressure
What is metamorphic
a characteristic that allows an organism to fit in better with its environment is called
What is an adaptation
The purpose of mitosis
What is the replacement of damaged cells or growth?
precipitation,chemical, soil or other substances that are washed into a body of surface water
What is run off?
Having dimples is dominant (D). Not having dimples is recessive. (d) Both parents are heterozygous for the dominant trait. What percentage of the children will NOT have dimples?
25%
The Himalayan mountains are the result of a ___________________________ boundary.
What is convergent
These are the islands where Darwin developed his theory
What are the Galapagos Islands
Approximately how many years ago did the K-T extinction occur?
Biggest Cause of deforestation in the rainforest
Cropland and pasture/ agribusiness /plantations and cattle ranches/landfills
The physical trait observed in an offspring is known as it's -
phenotype
This is the mechanism (what causes) the plates to move
What is convection cycles/thermal convection
human arms, bat wings, whale flippers, and cat legs are examples of __________
Homologous structures
Provide an example of passive solar energy
Answers Vary.
What is the largest number of individuals of a given species that Earth's resources can support and maintain for a long period of time
Carrying Capacity
Two dark brown rabbits have four offspring. Three of the offspring are dark and one is white. What does this tell you about the parents' genes for fur color?
Dark brown is dominant and white fur is recessive. Both parents are heterozygous.
States that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at divergent boundaries at the center, & moving outward rocks get older
What is sea floor spreading
A trait with a high survival advantage will do what in the population over time
What is increase