Plate Tectonics
What is the circular movement of material in the mantle that drives plate movement?
Convection Currents
What is the mitochondria's function in the cell?
Produce Energy
Shows structural organization from the simplest to the most complex in the human body?
cells → tissues → organs → organ systems → organisms
Paleontologists think the Earth is about how many years old?
4.6 Billion Years
What kind of material transmits all light and allows it to pass through?
Transparent
When two continental plates converge, both plates buckle and push up into mountain ranges or volcanoes. What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent Plate Boundary
Which organelle uses photosynthesis to create food for the cell from the sun's energy?
Chloroplasts
The blood vessel that run away from the heart to the lungs is called...
Pulmonary Artery
What era featured the formation of the supercontinent?
Paleozoic
The ________________ of a rock is its age compare to the ages of other rocks.
Relative Age
What feature can result when tectonic plate diverge?
Mid Ocean Ridge
What is the process by which molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
Diffusion
Where is the digestive system does absorption of nutrient of food take place?
Small & Large Intestines
The “Age of the Reptiles” was the ____ era
Mesozoic
What leads to forming a scientific question?
Research and Observations
The San Andreas Fault is one of the most active places for major earthquake activity. What type of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
Transform Plate Boundary
What pair of organelles create and synthesis proteins for the cell?
Ribosomes & Endoplasmic Reticulum
The ______________ System works with all the organ systems to control functions necessary for life and allows the organism to perceive and interact with their environment.
Nervous
Which of the following states that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top?
Law of Superposition
Each radioactive element decays at its own constant rate, represented by its ____________
Half-Life
This theory states that the two pieces of oceanic crust on either side of the mountains are pulling away from each other. This creates a deep crack all the way down to the mantle. This causes the hot magma underneath to seep out and bubble up at the crack.
Seafloor Spreading
In moving large particles across the cell membrane, this process engulfs the particles and pinching off into a vacuole inside the cell.
The purpose of the gallbladder and pancreas in the digestive is to release...
Bile for food to move through the digestive tract
What are certain fossils that help geologists date rocks as they are found in similar rock layers?
Index Fossils
How does the weight of a bowling ball affect how many pins the ball knocks down? What is the dependent variable?
Amount of pins knocked down