What is an advantage organisms have that help them survive in their given environment called?
Adaptation
What is Newton's first law of motion?
An object in motion stays in motion or an object at rest stays at rest till acted upon
What is the wavelength of a wave?
From crest to crest or from one point to the same point on the next wave
What type of rock is created by heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
What space technology is designed to land on a planet and explore the planets surface?
Rover
What two components make up the scientific name of an organism?
Genus and Species
Every action has...
An equal opposite reaction
What type of wave is a sound wave?
A longitudinal wave
Which way do plates move at convergent boundaries?
Towards each other
What is the theory that the universe is expanding
The Big Bang theory
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own food
If you pushed on the wall and the wall does not fall what type of force is that?
Balanced force
What do mechanical waves need to travel?
A medium
Who theorized that the continents used to all be connected but drifted apart?
Alfred Wegener
What is the term for how we see objects in space moving away from us?
Red-shift
What has happened at the end of every major era on the geologic time scale?
An extinction
What is the unit for measuring force?
Newtons
What type of EM wave has the most energy?
Gamma rays
What is one property of minerals?
Luster, Streak, color, hardness, etc
What type of telescope uses a curved mirror?
Reflecting telescope
What is the process where animals reproduce with the best of their species?
Natural Selection
What is the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration?
F=MA
Force is equal to mass times acceleration
Red
What are the three types of mountains?
fold, dome, fault-block
What is one example of a natural satellite?
The moon