Heredity & Adaptation
Any trait of an organism that increases its chances of surviving and reproducing.
What is an adaptation?
Contamination of Earth's land, water, or air.
What is pollution?
An electromagnetic wave with the most energy and shortest wavelength.
What is a gamma ray?
The chemical symbol, and element names, for water.
What is H2O (2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom)?
The roller derby organizer who teaches STEM.
Who is Mr. Reinhart?
A form of a gene that is expressed as the trait when that allele is present.
What is a dominant trait or gene?
The practice of using less of a resource so that it can last longer.
What is conservation?
A high energy ocean wave created by the movement of the Earth's crust.
What is a tsunami?
A phase of matter that has no definite shape or volume.
What is a gas?
The MMS team athletes that won 2nd Place in the District.
Who is the MMS Track & Field team?
A structure made of coiled DNA that transfers hereditary information to the next generation.
What are chromosomes?
It causes sunburns and can be dangerous to your skin.
What are UV (ultraviolet) rays?
A wave that can only travel through a medium.
What is a mechanical wave?
A subatomic particle with a negative charge.
What is an electron?
The grade a subject this retired teacher taught.
Who is Mr. Weser, 7th Grade Science?
An evolutionary tree diagram based on shared characteristics.
What is a cladogram?
It is always available or naturally replaced in a short time. An example is wind power.
What is a renewable resource?
A triangle glass that can separate light into its different wavelengths (colors).
What is a prism?
The number assigned to an element, based on the number of protons in the nucleus of its atom.
What is atomic number?
The costumes Mr. Luke and Mr. G dressed in for Thanksgiving.
What are a turkey and a pilgrim?
An extinct saltwater organism that lived on the ocean floor 525 million years ago.
What is a trilobite?
Pet hair, fireplaces, paints and cleansers, cigarette smoke, radon, mold and bacteria.
What are causes of indoor pollution (in our homes)?
The height of the peaks above the resting line in a wave.
What is amplitude?
Space containing no particles pf air or anything else.
What is a vacuum?
The all school event that occurred this year, but will not happen again until 2044.
What is the solar eclipse (viewing)?