Plate Tectonics
What type of collision created the largest mountain?
Converge
What do the letters on the outside of the punnet square stand for?
Parents
What is Sn?
Tin
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
What are clouds actually made of?
They are made of tiny liquid water droplets, ice crystals, and small particles like dust or smoke
What type of collision created the Mariana Trench?
Subduction
What do the letters on the inside of the punnet square stand for?
Possible genes for the offspring
What is Ne?
Neon
What keeps you in your seat on a rollercoaster when it goes upside down?
Inertia (or Newton's First Law) keeps your body moving in a straight line while the seat forces you into a curve
How do clouds stay in the sky?
The millions of droplets are tiny enough to float in the air. Each droplet is supported by rising air, keeping them aloft despite their total weight
What type of movement of tectonic plates makes it easier to find fossils?
Diverge
What is the science word for different forms of genes for a single trait?
Alleles
What is Mb?
Molybdenum
How does a feather fall compared to a bowling ball on the moon?
They fall at the same rate because there is no air resistance.
How do clouds form?
Water vapor in warm air rises, cools, and condenses around tiny particles (aerosols) when the air can no longer hold the water
How was the movement of plate tectonics discovered?
Pangea
What is the science word for a gene that is expressed only in the homozygous state
Recessive
What is Rf?
Rutherfordium
What is the formula for pressure?
Pressure = Force / Area
Why are some clouds white and others gray?
White clouds scatter all light waves equally, while gray/dark clouds are so thick with moisture that sunlight cannot pass through
What type of plate tectonics movement make earthquakes possible?
The shell breaking
What is genotypes made of two different alleles?
Heterozygous
What is O?
Oxygen
What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Speed is a scalar (how fast), while velocity is a vector (speed and direction)
How much does a cloud weigh?
A small, fluffy cumulus cloud can weigh about 500 tons, roughly equivalent to a hundred elephants