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.
What is EVOLUTION?
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 organelle responsible for producing energy in a cell
What is the MITOCHONDRIA?
A sudden release of energy created when tension builds between multiple tectonic plates and they move
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 gravity when you increase the mass of an object
What is GRAVITY 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.
- Arm wrestle
- Push-ups
- Dips
- Standing Vertical Jump
- Times Table Worksheet
- 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?
The requirement to cause and/or change motion
What is FORCE?
The name of the scientist who first introduced the theory that the cause of evolution was natural selection.
Who was CHARLES DARWIN?
The organelle that controls what enters and exits a cell
What is the CELL MEMBRANE?
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 terms used to describe different geologic processes based on whether they create new rock or destroy old rock
What are CONSTRUCTIVE PROCESSES and DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES?
The formula that represents Newton's Second Law of Motion
Force = Mass x Acceleration
The nickname given to the first living organism in the history of Earth, which is also the last universal common ancestor of all organisms on the planet
What is LUCA?
(Last Universal Common Ancestor)
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 parent.
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?