Earth's Interior
The layer of the Earth that is solid and make of (mostly) Iron and Nickel?
What is the INNER CORE?
The force that pulls all objects toward the Earth
What is GRAVITY?
The term used to describe the process where a species changes over time to become more fit for its environment
What is ADAPTATION?
The process where one cell goes through a 1-step reproduction that results in 2 daughter cells that are identical and have the same DNA as the parent.
What is MITOSIS?
Large pieces of Earth's crust that move and interact with each other
What are TECTONIC PLATES?
What are P-WAVES?
The result of an object having unbalanced forces acting upon it.
What is MOTION?
The process where organisms that are more successful in their environment become more popular, and organisms that are not successful become less popular
What is NATURAL SELECTION?
The substance in a cell that controls the cell (what it looks like, how it functions, etc)
What is DNA?
A sudden release of energy created when tension builds between moving tectonic plates and they abruptly slide/slip
What is an EARTHQUAKE?
The name of the tool used to determine the size/energy of a seismic wave
What is a seismograph?
This is what happens to the magnetic force when you increase the size of the magnet
What is MAGNETIC FORCE ALSO INCREASES?
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Choose one member of your group to compete against Mr. Levine in one of the following activities. If you win, you get the points.
- Push-ups
- Standing Vertical Jump
- Trivia (random)
The process where traits are passed-down from parents to their offspring
What is INHERITANCE?
The process where wind, water, organisms, etc. breaks-down rocks into smaller particles called sediments
What is WEATHERING?
The term used to describe the combination of the crust and upper mantle into one layer (the layer where tectonic activity happens)
What is the LITHOSPHERE?
Drawings/Images that show which forces are acting on an object
What are FREE BODY DIAGRAMS or FORCE DIAGRAMS?
The name of the scientist who first introduced the theory that the cause of evolution was "survival of the fittest"
Who was CHARLES DARWIN?
The type of reproduction that takes less time and less energy, but it creates NO diversity (babies are exact copies of mom)
What is ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
When magma builds-up enough pressure under the crust to break-through to release lava and ash, creating new rock
What is a VOLCANO?
The five CONSTRUCTIVE and DESTRUCTIVE processes that change the Earth's surface
What are 1) Volcanoes, 2) Earthquakes, 3) Weathering, 4) Erosion, 5) Deposition?
The formula that represents Newton's Second Law of Motion
Force = Mass x Acceleration
The "tree of life" that shows how each organism on Earth is related through a network of common evolutionary ancestors
What is a PHYLOGENETIC TREE?
The process where one cell goes through a 2-step reproduction that results in 4 daughter cells that are all different and all have half of the DNA as the original cell.
What is MEIOSIS?
The process used to determine that rocks/fossils in lower layers are older than rocks/fossils found in the higher/upper layers.
What is RELATIVE DATING / LAW OF SUPERPOSITION?