Cells
Explain the difference between unicellular & multicellular.
Unicellular - made of one cell
Multicellular - made of two or more cells
What is geology?
The study of the Earth.
What is pangea?
The name given to the theorized supercontinent.
Describe evaporation.
When water is heated up and goes from liquid to water vapor (gas).
What are 3 types of severe weather?
What 2 organelles are in plants, but NOT animal cells?
Chloroplast & cell wall
What is the principle of superposition?
Oldest rock layers are at the bottom & youngest layers are at the top.
What county do you live in?
Spartanburg.
Name the 5 steps of the water cycle.
Precipitation, Runoff, Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration
What is humidity?
The amount of moisture in the air.
What are mitochondria's job?
Make energy for the cell.
Name the three types of rock.
Metamorphic, Igneous, Sedimentary
Name the 3 types of plate boundaries.
Convergent, Divergent, & Transform.
Transpiration
When plants release water vapor into the atmosphere.
What are the 4 types of weather fronts?
Warm front
Cold front
Occluded front
Stationary front
What is the purpose of a nucleus?
Controls and directs cell activities & stores DNA.
Define what sediment is.
Broken down rocks, bones, etc.
What are 3 pieces of evidence of continental drift?
Glacial Grooves
Fossils
Rock Evidence
What are the two forces that drive the water cycle?
Gravity and the sun.
Describe BOTH types of local winds and what time of day they occur.
Land breeze - comes from land during the night
Sea breeze - comes from seas during the day
What type of cell has a nucleus?
Eukaryotes
How do fossils help scientists determine the age of landforms on Earth?
They can compare layers and fossils near each other using relative dating.
What is seafloor spreading?
The process by which new ocean floor is formed at mid ocean ridges & ocean floor is destroyed at trenches.
What are aquifers?
Areas of permeable rock or sediment that hold groundwater.
What type of weather does a low pressure system bring?
cloudy, warm weather, and rain