Earth's History/Geologic Time Scale
The Rock Cycle
Tectonic Plates/Boundaries
Energy Transformations
and Natural Disasters
and Natural Disasters
Molecules and Chemical Reactions
Evolution, Natural Selection, and Mutations
Plant and Animal Adaptations
100
Who developed the Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener
100
Tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. is called what?
What is sediment?
100
A Landform made at a convergent boundary and the movement?
Trench, Volcano, or Mountains...
and
Colliding
100
What is the law on conservation of energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed and transferred.
100
Why do atoms join together to form molecules?
To have 8 valence electrons in their outer ring or energy level.
100
What causes mutations?
What are changes to the sequence of DNA?
100
What is the difference between innate and learned behaviors?
Innate- Aren't taught or learned, they are genetically inherited.
Learned- They are developed due to experiences.
200
What is the Geologic Time Scale?
A timeline of earth's history.
200
What is the only type of rock that will contain fossils?
What is sedimentary rock?
200
What is a Landform made at a Divergent Boundary and the Movement?
A Rift Valley, Mid-Ocean Ridge, or Volcanoes.
and
Dividing or Separating.
200
Describe how a solar cooker works.
The sun's light rays (solar/light energy) are reflected by the foil flap and concentrated inside the box. The rays are transformed into thermal energy that slowly raises the temperature inside the box.
200
Based on the diagram, which statement best describes the atomic arrangement of quartz?
A. many different kinds of atoms that can move freely past each other
B. a repeating pattern of small molecules that can move freely past each other
C. an extended structure that is made of repeating patterns of atoms
D. many different kinds of molecules that combine to form an extended structure
C. an extended structure that is made of repeating patterns of atoms
200
Describe Natural Selection.
Organisms with the most favorable traits will survive and reproduce.
200
Identify 3 ways plants attract pollinators.
1.Food/Nectar
2. Scent
3.Color/Mimicry
300
What are two pieces of evidence Wegener had to support his Theory of Continental Drift?
What is fossil evidence, mountains/rock layers, and continental fit?
300
Identify the intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks.
Rocks 1 and 6 are intrusive
Rocks 2,3,4,5 are extrusive
300
Describe how the mantle and plates interact at a divergent boundary.
What is as the plates pull apart magma/soft solid rock fills the gap and adds new rock to the edges of the plates?
300
What would be the energy of the buckets after they have been touching for a while?
14
300
Count the atoms of each element in
4 HP(NO3)2
What is 40 atoms?
300
Identify three pieces of evidence of evolution.
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Embryos
Fossils
Etc...
300
What are 5 environmental factors that can affect the growth of plants and animals?
Food
Water
Light
Space
Temperature
400
What are two ways rock layers can get out of order?
What are intrusions and earthquakes?
400
Identify and describe how each category of rock is formed.
(Igneous) is the cooling and crystallization of lava or magma?
(Sedimentary) is the compaction and cementation of sediments?
(Metamorphic) is by intense heat and pressure?
400
What is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates? Describe how it works.
What is the mantle/soft solid rock? It is caused by the rising and falling of magma due to heating and cooling.
Convection Currents
400
Identify all forms of energy shown in this simulation.
Mechanical
Electrical
Thermal
400
Identify the two types of bonding we spoke of.
Give at least two facts about each.
Ionic Bonding
This happens between metals and non metals
Electrons are given or taken.
The goal is for atoms to have 8 electrons in outer ring.
Covalent Bonding
This happens between nonmetals and nonmetals.
Electrons are shared.
The goal is for atoms to have 8 electrons in outer ring.
400
What are two organisms Charles Darwin studied on the Galapagos Islands? What about them was used as evidence for natural selection/evolution?
Tortoises- Neck length and shell shape
Finches- Beak shapes and sizes
Both of these were due to these organisms adapting to food and climate.
400
Which adaptation to a dry climate most helps the elephant tree continue to grow by reducing the loss of moisture?
A. a deep root system
B. loss of leaves during a drought
C. photosynthesis in the bark
D. closing of stomata in daylight
D. closing of stomata in daylight
500
Index fossils allow scientist to determine the age of rock layers. What are three criteria a fossil must meet to be classified as an index fossil?
What is common, unique, widespread, and from a specific time period?
500
Where and what type of igneous rock would be found in this picture?
How do you know? Give evidence.
What is intrusive igneous rock. The intrusion in rock layer R. Magma seeped through existing layers of rock and cooled.
500
Describe how the plates and mantle interact at a convergent boundary.
What is one plate gets shoved into the mantle, and then it melts/gets destroyed?
500
Here is a map of the Gulf of Mexico.
Scientists monitor tsunamis using detection sensors in the Gulf of Mexico. Several sensor locations are shown on the map.
Based on the map of sensor locations, if a landslide in the Mississippi Canyon were to occur, which tsunami detection sensor location would likely provide the earliest warning of a tsunami for point X on the Louisiana coastline?
Sensor S
500
Identify 3 facts about Exothermic and Endothermic Chemical Reactions, and Give an example of Each.
What is releases heat, happens when bonds between atoms form, and feels warm. Examples: Fire, Hot Hands, Etc...
and
What is absorbs heat, is made when bonds between atoms break, and feels cool.
Example: Baking Soda and Vinegar
500
Give an example of a human mutation we spoke of that is beneficial, one that is harmful, and one that has no effect on survival.
beneficial-cholesterol tolerance
harmful-cancer, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell
no effect- red hair, blue eyes
500
Identify two reasons why animals migrate. Give an example of an animal for both.
Follow Food-Grazing Animals
Avoid Winter/Cold Temps-Birds and Monarch Butterflies
Reproduction-Whales and Salmon