Water evaporating out of the leaves of plants is called????
Transpiration
Which law states: oldest layer of rock is found on the bottom of an undisturbed rock layer?
What is The Law of Superposition
What is a MAJOR disadvantage of using fossil fuels to create energy?
What is the emission of greenhouse gasses especially carbon dioxide!
The spread of a disease around the world. Happens faster today due to quick transportation,
What is a Pandemic
Evidence that elements can combine to form new compounds. A melting a solid B freezing a liquid C moving a piece of metal with a magnet D pouring two liquids together to create a solid
What is pouring two liquids together to create a solid?
In what state of matter is MOST of the freshwater on Earth?
What is ICE?
The best evidence that two continents were once connected. A They have similar types of rocks and fossils. B They are in the same stage of succession. C They exist along the same line of latitude. D They have the same climate.
What is they have similar types of rocks and fossils
What type (category of macronutrient) gives us most of our energy?
What are carbohydrates(sugars)! (Simple and Complex)
The statement that best describes influenza. A Influenza causes most forms of lung cancer. B Influenza is caused by poor hygiene. C Influenza is cured with antibiotics. D Influenza is highly contagious.
What is Influenza is highly contagious
The family on the Periodic Table with a FULL valence shell that is inert(unreactive)
What is Noble Gas Family
If an earth layer is very permeable, then it has high _______________.
What is Porosity?
Special fossil used for relative dating. They are widespread, plentiful, and lived on Earth for a short time period.
What is an Index Fossil?
List 2 disadvantages of hydroelectric power
What are destruction of habitats, temperature changes in river system, river blocked for fish
Tiniest of all the pathogens
What is a virus?
How many elements AND atoms are in the following compound?
2C6H12O6
What is 3 elements and 48 atoms
A large area of land drained by a large river is called a _______ ________.
What is a River Basin?
Type of structure that suggests a common ancestor. Bones are connected in a similar pattern.
What are Homologous Structures?
The process where oxygen reacts with glucose to release energy in the form of ATP. NOTHING in your body would work without this process!
What is cellular respiration?
A less complex cell type composed of no true nucleus. Bacteria, like Streptococcus are this type of cell
What is a prokaryote?
Pro=NO nucleus, remember?
Side question-how do they reproduce?
Does this equation demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Mass?
CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O
What is yes! There are equal numbers of each atom on both sides of the equation
What two factors drive deep ocean currents?
AND what is it called (starts with a t)
What are temperature and salinity?
What is thermohaline?
How could fish fossils be found on the top of a mountain?
What is uplift due to plate-tectonics could change the elevation
What energy source uses photovoltaic cells AND tell us one disadvantage of this energy source
What is SOLAR and a major disadvantage is it does not work at night or in areas with low sunlight.
Antibiotics not taken as prescribed lead to _______ _______. (To earn points you must tell us what it leads to AND describe how it happens!)
What is antibiotic resistance. It is caused my improper use of antibiotics-often when full dose is not taken and most resistant bacteria continue to reproduce and mutate.
How many valence electrons does Potassium(K) have AND explain its reactivity
What is 1 and it is VERY reactive because it has a VERY unstable valence shell needs 7 more to reach the octet