Fossils
Preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things
Fossils
highest point of a wave and lowest point of a wave
crest and trough
theory that continents were once part of a supercontinent
Pangea
process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more that those that do not have variations
Natural Selection
passing of traits from parent to offspring
Heredity
Paleontologists
bouncing of a waves off a surface
reflection
circulation of material caused by differences in temperatures and density
convection currents
breeding of organisms for desired traits
Selective breeding
an organism's genetic material
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
principle that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom
Superposition/Relative Age Dating
energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth
Seismic waves
cold and rigid outermost rock layer
lithosphere
Scientist who was famous for studying the theory of Evolution
Charles Darwin
Scientist who is considered the Father of Genetics
Gregor Mendel
Name a type of preservation
preserved remains, carbon films, trace fossils, casts, molds, mineral replacement
List AND Describe 3 ways light passes through an object
opaque (light does not pass through), transparent (material allows all light to pass through), and translucent (most light passes through but not all)
when plates collide and the denser plate sinks below the other plate
subduction
List sequence of how natural selection works.
variation, selection, adaptation
Offspring's phenotype is a combination of the parent's phenotypes
Incomplete Dominance
Chart that divides Earth's history into different time units
Geologic Time Scale
What are 3 things that can happen when light strikes an object?
transmit, absorb, or reflect
List the types of Plate boundaries and how they move.
Divergent boundary- plates move away
convergent boundary- plates collide
transform boundary- plates slide past each other
Name a type of evidence for evolution
fossils, embryology, molecular biology, comparative anatomy
Give Correct order of mitosis and what type of reproduction is it?
Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokineisis. Asexual reproduction