Weather
What is forecast?
A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Meaning of neurons?
Another word for nerve cells which carry messages throughout the body.
What is a Cell membrane?
A thin layer that protects the cell by controlling what goes in and out of the cell.
Hybrid means?
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.
Newton's 3 laws?
Acceleration, action, reaction, and inertia
Meaning of weather map?
A map that shows data about recent weather conditions across a large area
What is a brain stem?
The part of the brain responsible for controlling vital functions such as heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure.
A Organelle is?
Structures that help the cell live, grow, and reproduce.
Dominant meaning?
An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when it is present.
A Net force is?
The sum of two or more forces on an object that are pushing or pulling in the same or opposite direction.
Definition of a meteorologist?
A scientist who studies weather
what is epiglottis?
The flap of tissue that prevents food from entering the windpipe.
Difference for Eukaryotic cell and an Prokaryotic cell.
One has a nucleus and the other doesn't.
what is purebred?
The offspring of many generations that have the same traits.
what is Momentum?
Usually given the symbol p. Property of a moving object that equals its mass times its velocity.
High air pressure occurs when?
The air pressure is higher than areas around it; usually means cooler temperatures and drier weather
Axon meaning?
The single, long strand that comes out of the other side of the cell body.
What is diffusion?
The movement of particles from where its crowded to where its not crowded.
What does Heterozygous mean.
Having two different alleles for a trait.
Meaning of Reference point?
A visible object to which you can compare the change of distance to a moving object.
How does the sun shine?
The sun shines by turning hydrogen into helium in its core.
Synapse is the what?
Gap between two neurons.
What does ATP stand for?
The molecule that provides energy for cell processes.
Codominance means.
A condition in which the two alleles of a gene are neither dominant nor recessive.
Centripetal acceleration is?
Acceleration of an object toward the center of a curved or circular path.