Genetics & Cell Division
What is the specific genetic makeup of an organism? (gene types)
What is a genotype
What is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion?
What is Inertia
What is a type of fossil that provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms?
What is a Trace Fossil
What is the process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces by either physical or chemical means?
What is Weathering?
What are the fastest seismic wave travels through solids and liquids?
What are P Waves
Who is the English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)?
Who is Charles Darwin
What is the region around a magnet where magnetic materials are influenced?
What is Magnetic Field
What are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons called?
What is an Isotope
What is a line that connects the points of equal elevation on a topographic map?
What is a Contour Line
What is the theory that at one point in time all of the continents were one super continent, they broke up and moved to their current locations.
What is the Theory of Continental Drift
What cell division produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms?
What is meiosis
What is it called when forces are not equal and opposite, resulting in a change in motion?
What is Unbalanced Forces
What is any method of measuring the age of an event in years called?
What is Absolute Dating
What are forces that shape Earth's surface by building mountains and landmasses called?
What is the name of the areas unseen by seismographs as a result of S-waves' inability to pass through liquids?
What are Seismic Shadow Zones
What is the name for when a heterozygous phenotype showing both alleles distinctly?
What is codominance
What is the force between electrically charged objects that causes them to attract or repel each other?
What are Electrostatic Fields
What is an igneous rock layer formed when magma pushes into other rock and hardens?
What is an Intrusion
What is the location of a stream/river where material is eroded called?
What is a Meander
What are all objects seen in the sky (the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets) called?
What is a Celestial Body
What is Mendel's Second Law, which states that allele pairs separate from one another during Gamete formation?
What is Law of Independent Assortment
What is the force that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid?
What is Drag (fluid friction)
What law states that younger layers of rock are deposited on top of older layers
What is The Law of Superposition
What is the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water called?
What is Mudslide
What layer of Earth are convection currents primarily found in?
What is Asthenosphere