Earth's Time Capsule
This term refers to the layers of rock used to determine relative dates in Earth’s history.
Strata
The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces
Weathering
Solar and wind are examples of this type of energy resource
Renewable
Plates moving apart is what type of plate boundary?
Divergent
Name a difference between sexual and asexual reproduction besides how many parents they both have
sexual uses two parents, asexual uses one, sexual offspring vary, asexual offspring are identical
: What type of evidence helps create a timeline of Earth's history?
Fossil records and rock layers/strata
The movement of sediment from one place to another.
Erosion
Coal and oil are examples of this energy type
Nonrenewable
This is the name for the outermost rigid layer of the Earth.
Lithosphere
What are the basic principles of heredity, supported by Mendel?
Dominant and recessive traits
This is a sudden and widespread extinction of a large number of species.
Mass Extinction
What is the cycle of changing rock forms
rock cycle
Give an example of how humans pollute the earth.
chemical pollution, deforestation, increasing carbon emissions
What drives the movement of plate tectonics?
Convection currents in the mantle
an example of a genetic mutation that is beneficial to an organism
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, mutations that causes resistances to diseases
What is an example of an event that has dramatically changed life on earth.
Meteor Impact, Volcanic Eruption, Climate change
Explain how fossil records relate to the rock cycle.
fossils are found in rock strata (sedimentary rocks), which change due to the rock cycle, recording geologic history
What is a disadvantage to technologies that produce renewable energy?
Cost, efficiency, location of resources
The Himalayans are example of what boundary happening
Convergent
These structures contain genes
chromsomes
The bottom
type of fossils that estimate a time period of the fossils
index fossils
Research has led to smaller solar panels that are still capable of producing the same amount of energy as older, larger panels.
What is a result of smaller solar panels?
provides diverse location options
Divergent
Describe the key differences between mitosis and meiosis, and their respective roles in reproduction.
Mitosis produces identical cells for asexual reproduction or growth/repair, meiosis produces genetically unique gametes for sexual reproduction