EARTHQUAKES
VOLCANOES
EVOLUTION
MORE EVOLUTION
EVEN MORE EVOLUTION
100
THE CONTROVERSIAL WAY WE ARE OBTAINING NATURAL GASES THAT COULD LEAD TO EARTHQUAKES.
WHAT IS FRACKING?
100
THE TYPE OF VOLCANO FOUND ON HAWAII, LIKE KILAUEA
WHAT IS A SHIELD VOLCANO?
100
A CHANGE IN INHERITED TRAITS THAT HAPPEN OVER MANY GENERATIONS.
WHAT IS ADAPTATION?
100
A CHANGE IN SPECIES OVER TIME.
WHAT IS EVOLUTION?
100
THE DOMINANT LIFE FORM ON EARTH TODAY.
WHAT ARE MAMMALS?
200
THIS REMAINS STATIONARY ON A SEISMOGRAPH.
WHAT IS THE PENDULUM?
200
THE HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES ARE MADE FROM THIS.
WHAT IS A HOT SPOT?
200
THE PROCESS WHERE POPULATIONS THAT ARE BEST SUITED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE.
WHAT IS NATURAL SELECTION?
200
A CHANGE THAT INCREASES AN ORGANISMS CHANCES OF SURVIVAL.
WHAT IS ADAPTATION?
200
AN ORGANISM IN ITS EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT IS AN EMBRYO?
300
THESE SEISMIC WAVES STRETCH AND COMPRESS ROCKS.
WHAT ARE PRIMARY WAVES?
300
THE OPENINGS IN EARTH'S CRUST THROUGH WHICH LAVA FLOWS TO FORM VOLCANOES.
WHAT IS A VENT?
300
A SHORT TERM LEARNED RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
WHAT IS ACCLIMATION?
300
A TRAIT THAT INCREASES FITNESS OF A SPECIES.
WHAT IS AN ADAPTIVE HERITABLE TRAIT?
300
MORE OFFSPRING ARE BORN THAN THE ENVIRONMENT CAN SUPPORT
WHAT IS OVERPRODUCTION?
400
THE TYPE OF FAULT THAT FORMS WHEN THE ROCK ABOVE THE SURFACE MOVES DOWN RELATIVE TO THE ROCK BELOW.
WHAT IS A NORMAL FAULT?
400
COMPOSITE VOLCANOES FORM NEAR THIS.
WHAT ARE CONVERGING PLATES?
400
A ROLE AN ORGANISM PLAYS IN ITS HABITAT.
WHAT IS A NICHE?
400
THE VIEW THAT EVOLUTION IS A SLOW AND STEADY PROCESS.
WHAT IS GRADUALISM?
400
THE PROCESS IN WHICH ONE SPECIES EVOLVES INTO SEVERAL SPECIES.
WHAT IS ADAPTIVE RADIATION?
500
THIS IS HOW AN EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE OF 6.5 COMPARES TO MAGNITUDE OF 7.5.
WHAT IS ... THE 6.5 HAS 32 TIMES LESS ENERGY THAN THE 7.5?
500
MAGMA THAT SQUEEZES INTO A VERTICAL CRACK IN ROCK LAYERS AND THEN HARDENS FORMS THESE.
WHAT IS A DIKE?
500
THE INTERNAL STRUCTURES THAT EVOLVED FROM THE SAME ANCESTRAL BODY PARTS.
WHAT ARE HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES?
500
2 WAYS A SPECIES CAN MOVE INTO A NEW OR EMPTY NICHE.
WHAT ARE MIGRATION AND ISOLATION?
500
THE THEORY THAT A NEW SPECIES EVOLVES SUDDENLY OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOLLOWED BY A LONGER PERIOD WITH VERY LITTLE GENETIC CHANGE OCCURS.
WHAT IS PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM?
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