Earth's Surface
Reproduction and Heredity
Life Over Time
Forces and Motion
Random
100
The measure of change in elevation over a certain distance.
What is gradient?
100
In eukaryotes, a _______ is a threadlike structure made up of DNA and protein.
What is chromosome?
100
_______ refers to the process by which populations change over time.
What is Evolution?
100
The combination of all the forces acting on an object.
What is net force?
100
The time period in which prokaryotes were the dominant life form.
What is Precambrian time?
200
Thick deposits of windblown, fine-grained sediment.
What is loess?
200
The phase of meiosis when the chromosomes separate from their partners, and then move to opposite ends of the cell.
What is anaphase?
200
The process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do.
What is natural selection?
200
A way of rearranging the charges within an object without touching it.
What is induction?
200
A fan shaped deposit that forms on dry land.
What is alluvial fan?
300
The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a particular area.
What is relief?
300
A type of asexual reproduction that creates a specialized cell that can survive harsh conditions.
What is spores?
300
_____ _______ form when small creatures are trapped in tree sap and the sap hardens.
What is Amber fossils?
300
A material that can be turned into a magnet.
What is ferromagnetic?
300
What is Dylan O'Brien's favorite fast food restaurant?
What is Fat Burger?
400
Technology that can show what Earth's surface looks like beneath dense vegetation.
What is LiDAR, or light detection and ranging?
400
The combination of alleles that you inherit from your parents.
What is genotype?
400
________ ______ determines whether a fossil formed before or after another fossil.
What is Relative dating?
400
A coil or loop of wire on a simpler motor.
What is an armature?
400
The standard method used to divide Earth's long 4.6- billion-year natural history into manageable parts.
What is geologic time scale?
500
A bowl-shaped depression made by an alpine glacier.
What is a cirque?
500
The mathematical chance of a specific outcome in relation to the total number of possible outcomes.
What is probability?
500
During the _________ era, the Permian mass extinction took place, which is the largest known mass extinction.
What is Paleozoic?
500
The state of an object when it is being pulled down and no other forces are acting on it.
What is free fall?
500
An organism's appearance or other detectable characteristics.
What is phenotype?
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