plate tectonics
The type of boundary where two plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary
The parents to a child give their child a gene that they do not show.
The center of an atom that contains protons and neutrons.
What is a nucleas
This term describes an object’s resistance to a change in its motion.
What is Inertia?
Discovered in 1687 were the laws of motion in an object.
Who is sir Isaac newton?
The type of boundary where two plates slide horizontally past one another
What is a transform boundary?
The visible traits of an organism, such as eye color
What are phenotypes?
A subatomic particle found in the nucleus.
What is an electron?
This type of force acts in the opposite direction of motion, often converting kinetic energy into heat.
What is friction?
Sea floor spreading was discovered in the 1960's, the belief that every place came from one continent called Pangea.
who is Harry Hess?
This happens when two plates collide; often forming mountains or causing subduction.
An organism with two different alleles for a specific trait
What is heterozygous?
The subatomic particle that determines the atomic number of an element.
What is a proton?
This type of wave requires a medium to travel, meaning it cannot travel in a vacuum.
What is sound?
Natural selection is the cause of genetic evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
These "loops" of heating and cooling magma in the mantle are believed to drive plate movement.
What is a convection currents?
This type of diagram is used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring in a given cross.
What is a punnet square?
The sum of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus.
What is the mass?
This type of energy is possessed by an object due to its position or height.
What is potential energy?
The germ theory of disease is the theory that many sicknesses come from germs.
Who is Louis pasteur?
This underwater mountain range is where new seafloor is constantly being created.
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
a genetic characteristic that appears in an offspring if it is contributed by at least one of the parents
what is a dominant gene?
These particles are located within the nucleus and have no charge
What are neutrons?
This is the rate at which work is done.
What is power?
A physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Marie Curie?