Tectonic Plates
The two types of tectonic plates.
What are oceanic and continental plates?
formed from cooled lava or magma
what are igneous rock?
The interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem
what is a food web?
metals that primarily make up Earth's core
what are iron and nickel?
the variable that is changed in an experiment
What is the independent variable?
A plate boundary where the plates slide past each other.
What is a transform boundary?
process of Organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce more successfully
what is natural selection?
term describes the role or job of an organism in its ecosystem
what is niche?
the term for an organism's physical characteristics
what is a phenotype?
things that you must keep the same throughout the experiment to make sure that the testing is fair and reliable
What are constants?
A boundary where two plates move together and collide.
What is a convergent boundary?
A lion learning to hunt with its pride is an example of
what is adaptation?
Two fish swimming together for protection
what is mutualism?
The science that studies the human body
Anatomy
the thing that is measured in the experiment, the effect of the change
What is the dependent variable?
A boundary where two plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary?
darwin studied these reptiles in the Galapagos islands
what are tortoises?
all the members of one species living in the same area.
what is a population?
the term describes different forms of the same gene
what are alleles?
must be formatted in an "if".... "then" statement.
what is the hypothesis?
The midocean ridge is formed at this plate boundary
What is a divergent boundary?
most likely to contain fossils
What is sedimentary rock?
if an owl eats a mouse, the mouse eats a cricket, the cricket eats grass. What level consumer?
tertiary consumer (3rd)
The science that studies the DNA
Genetics
A logical conclusion or educated guess formed by combining available evidence and prior knowledge.
what is an inference?