Cells
Evolution
Reproduction
Earth Science Review
Grab Bag
100
This is the "brain" of the cell
What is the cell nucleus?
100
DAILY DOUBLE !
This is an error in DNA copying that can sometimes result in a physical trait that gives an organism an advantage
100
This type of reproduction involves only one parent
What is asexual reproduction
100
DAILY DOUBLE !!!
This is the name for the giant supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago.
100
We celebrated this person's life on Monday
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
This is found only in plant cells, and provides protection for the cell
What is the cell wall?
200
This scientist wrote the book On the Origin of Species
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
An offspring with identical DNA to the parent
What is a clone?
200
This type of volcano is usually wide and flat (like the ones in Hawaii)
What is a shield volcano?
200
This are traces of a plant or animal that lived long ago that can be studied. Often found in sedimentary rock.
What are fossils?
300
These single celled organisms were the first living things on Earth
What are prokaryotes?
300
A group of the same species living together in a group
What is a population?
300
The process when cells reproduce by making an exact copy of themselves
What is mitosis?
300
This is when rock is broken down into smaller pieces and moved to a new location
What is erosion?
300
This week is the school is focusing on NOT doing this
What is name calling?
400
This is the code that tells a cell how to behave
What is DNA?
400
This process is sometimes referred to as "survival of the fittest"
What is natural selection?
400
Name one pollinator (something that helps a plant to pollinate).
What are insects, wind, water, etc.
400
This scale measures how strong earthquakes are
What is the Richter scale?
400
Name one of the major eras we covered in the fossil record
What are precambrian, paleozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic?
500
These tiny organelles help manufacture protein for the cell
What are ribosomes?
500
When evolution has changed an organism so much that must be considered two separate species
What is divergence?
500
In plant sexual reproduction, name one of the male parts
What are the filament, anther, or stamen
500
These fuel sources do not run out, and do not produce pollution
What are renewable energy sources?
500
Last year we went on a Math and Science Day field trip to this place
What is Magic Mountain?
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