PLANTS
CELLS
FOOD CHAIN
PLATE TECTONICS
EARTH'S PAST
100
What is the pigment that causes leaves to be green.
Chlorophyll
100
The word "Mitosis" refers to the process of :
Cell Division
100
Through what process do producers make their own food?
Photosynthesis
100
What is Pangaea?
Continents once were connected as one large landmass (Pangaea)
100
What can be an example of a trace fossil?
A footprint of a extinct animal
200
What is Photosynthesis?
Process during which a plant's chlorophyll traps light energy and sugars are produced.
200
How does your body grow, as you get older
Your cells divide, producing new cells
200
What role do you play in the food web?
Consumer
200
What is Alfred Wegener known for ?
Hypothesis of continental drift; Continents have moved slowly to their current locations.
200
Although a cast fossil looks like an original bone or shell, how is it different?
It's made of rock.
300
What raw material needed by plants enters through open stomata?
Carbon Dioxide
300
What the 4 stages of Mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anapahse, Telophase
300
How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
Primary consumers eat only grass, Secondary consumers eat other consumers
300
What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?
Convection Currents
300
What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?
Fossil discoveries
400
What are 2 types of plants?
Seedless and Seed plants
400
What part of the cell makes protein?
The ribosomes
400
In what way is a mushroom similar to a flower?
Both are responsible for reproduction
400
What is happening during Subduction?
Oceanic and Continental plates collide; creating volcanoes
400
Why are deserts, tar pits, and ice good places to find body fossils?
Bacteria and other decomposers cannot thrive in these environments
500
What does this equation mean?
carbon dioxide + water —> glucose + oxygen + water.
Photosynethesis
500
In the telophase stage, what is the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis?
In Mitosis- 2 cells
In Meiosis - 4 cells
500
How is a food web different from a food chain?
500
What hypothesis states that continents slowly moved to their present positions on Earth?
Continental Drift
500
A mold fossil is most similar to:
An eggshell with no egg inside.