Life sciences
What is the basic unit of life
the cell
What are three main types of rock?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What are the three main steps of the water cycle?
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
What are the three R’s of waste management?
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
What is the center of an Atom called?
Nucleus
Which organelle is known as the powerhouse for the cell
mitochondria
What are the 3 causes of plate movement?
Mantle convection, slab pull, and ridge push
What powers the water cycle?
The sun
What do we call the place where an organism lives and gets what it needs to survive?
A habitat
What is the study of matter and its changes?
Chemistry
What organelle isolates a cell's chromosomes?
Nucleus
What type of energy does igneous rock need for it to form?
Energy from Earth's interior
What process creates clouds?
Condensation
What is it called when a harmful substances are released into the air, water, or soil?
Pollution
What does DNA mean?
deoxyribonucleic acid
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
Which energy source does not originally come from the sun?
Geothermal Energy
What is the difference between evaporation and condensation?
Evaporation is liquid to gas, condensation is gas to liquid
What type of waste is easy to recycle?
Paper
What does a Geiger counter measure?
Radiation
What protein is primarily responsible for transporting oxygen in human red blood cells
Hemoglobin
At what speed does Earth rotate around its axis?
1,674 kilometers per hour/ 1,040 miles per hour/465 meters per second
What happens to the amount of water on Earth?
It stays the same; it is recycled
What do we call a human that eats everything
… a Omnivore
What is a unit of force in the metric system?
Newton