Unit 2
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random
100
true or false water is able to move rocks as big as boulders
true
100
a _______ molecule contains information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits
DNA
100
true or false fur color can help prevent an animal from being eaten
true
100
what is the gravitational force acting on an object that has a mass of 10.0kg?
98.0kg m/s2
100
what is a type of mass movement caused by gravity
mudslide
200
what is deposition
the process by which eroded material is dropped
200
what does it mean to be asexual?
you can reproduce by yourself
200
what is a fossil
remains of once living organisms found in layers of rock,ice, or amber
200
what is it called when an object circles around another object?
orbit
200
true or false siblings always have the same hair color
false
300
_________ is a fan shaped deposit that forms on dry land
alluvial fan
300
what happens during cytokinesis
the cell memebrane pinches inward between the new nuclei
300
which of the following is a situation that could lead to the extinction of a species a. increase habitat b. increased food supply c.increase competition d. increase population size
c
300
what is gravity?
the force that pulls all objects towards one another
300
what is the geologic time scale
the standard method used to divide earths long 4.6 billion year natural history into manageable parts.
400
what is it called where the first parts of the shore line meet
head lands
400
what is budding?
when an organism develops buds on their body
400
what geologic time did the dinosaurs live
mesozoic
400
what is drag?
a friction like force that opposes the motion of an object in a fluid
400
what is the order of the time eras
Precambrian , Paleozoic , Mesozoic, Cenozoic
500
what coastal land form forms when wave action erodes sea caves until a hole cuts through a head land
sea arch
500
what are alleles?
the different versions of a gene
500
what is evolution
the process by which inherited traits of a population change over generations
500
true or false? two positives attract each other?
false
500
what is inertia
the tendency of all objects to resist a change in motion