heredity
a specific inheritance of an organism
the theory or hypothesis that all of the continents have drifted away over the years
what is the continental drift?
discovered three laws of motion
the three main parts that make up an atom
what is electron, neutron, and nucleus?
when the opposite direction of motion from an object when two surfaces move against each other
what is friction?
a variation of a gene
what is allele?
when two plates move apart
divergent boundary
first to use a telescope to study stars
galileo galilei
the number on a periodic table that tells you how many protons an atom has
what is an atomic number?
what is kinetic energy?
a physical characteristic of an organism
phenotype
when two plates slide pass each other, often the cause of earthquakes
transform boundary
flew a kite during a thunderstorm
negatively charged particles in an atom
the energy an object has when something lifts the object to a certain height with gravitational pull
what is gravitational potential energy?
an organism with two different alleles
what is a heterozygous organism?
a tool that is used to record and measure seismic waves to predict a tsunami
what is a seismograph?
invented the light bulb and the phonograph
who is Thomas Edison?
when two different things made up of different substances are in the same place but they have not been chemically mixed together
what is a mixture?
the measurement of kinetic energy of particles in a substance
what is temperature?
something that helps predict the probability of offspring inheriting different types of genotypes
what is a punnet square?
energy released by an earthquake
what is magnitude?
first person to win a nobel prize for her work in radioactivity
who is Marie curie?
when in an experiment a substance's physical properties are altered without changing its chemical properties or making a new substance
what is a physical change?
when heat is transferred through physical movement of a substance and warmer air rises and cooler air sinks
what is convection?