Genetics
An organism's physical appearance or traits.
What is a phenotype
Distance north or south of the equator
What is latitude
What part of a sound wave determines the volume of a sound?
What is Amplitude
The wave behavior when incoming light hits an object and bounces off.
What is reflection
What gas makes up the majority of Earth’s atmosphere?
What is nitrogen
When both alleles in a pair are the same.
What is homozygous
How do ocean currents like the Gulf Stream influence climate?
What is, they move warm water and affect temperature and precipitation patterns.
Does sound travel faster or slower in hotter temperatures?
What is faster
Witch wave on the EM spectrum is now for being harmful to humans?
What is ultraviolet
Which state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?
What is a liquid
A trait where the heterozygous phenotype is a blend of the two alleles.
What is incomplete dominance
Climate is define as an areas average ______ and _____ over a very long period of time.
What is temperature and precipitation
Does sound travel faster or slower through a dense material?
What is faster
List the types of waves on the electro magnetic spectrum in order.
Radio waves, micro waves, inferred, visible light, UV, X-ray, gamma ray.
When pressure on a liquid increases, does the boiling point increase or decrease?
What is increase
Colorblindness is more common in males because the gene is located on this type of chromosome.
What is the X chromosome
witch side of a mountain receives more precipitation?
What is the windward side of a mountain
Why do sonar systems use sound instead of light underwater?
What is because sound travels farther in water; light is absorbed quickly
Witch wave on the EM spectrum has the lowest frequency?
What is Radio Wave
True or false? The periodic table has 7 groups.
What is false
Two parents are both carriers of cystic fibrosis, a recessive genetic disorder. They already have two healthy children. What is the probability that their next child will have the disease, and explain if the percent changes from from child to child.
What is 25%, because each child is an independent genetic event with the same 1 in 4 chance of inheriting both recessive alleles.
what type of air mass is moist
What is maritime
Signals are composed of only two possible values: 0 or 1
What is Digital
What waves on the EM spectrum reach earth?
What are Ultra Violet, Visible light, Infrared, and Radio Waves
What part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the shortest wavelength?
What is Gamma rays