Earth's Layers & Plate Tectonics
If you were to travel from the surface to the center of Earth, the temperature would?
Increase Dramatically
T or F: you may chew gum and drink water in a lab
F
This type of energy is produced when objects are in contact with each other, acting against motion.
Friction
any trait or behavior that increases an organism's likelihood of survival?
Adaptation
What do decomposers do?
They break down and recycle dead and decaying organic matter
The subduction that occurred in Virginia’s Piedmont region MOST LIKELY created.
Volcanoes
What do you call an educated guess or prediction in an experiment?
Hypothesis
These puffy, white, cotton-ball clouds are generally associated with fair weather.
Cumulous Clouds
any trait or behavior that increases an organism's likelihood of survival
Adaptation
A lion would be considered a ______ of a zebra.
Predator
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a shift in two plates that pushed one section of the sea floor under another section of the sea floor by 5 meters. What type of boundary is this?
Convergent
Biology is?
The study of life
This green pigment is responsible for absorbing sunlight to help plants make their own food.
Chrolophil
process of creating a new species?
Speciation
Tick sucking blood from a host.
What is this in an Enviroment?
Mutualism or Parasitism
Paratisism
_______ currents in the Earth's mantle cause plate movement which causes earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Convection
It is always okay to wear open-toed or open heel show in the laboratory? T or F
F
This state of matter has no definite shape or volume, and will fill the entire space of its container.
Gas
Who is the scientist that is credited with the theory of evolution by natural selection?
The Bald Eagle is what type of consumer?
Apex Predator
What plate tectonic movement is the reason there are seashell fossils found at the top of the Himalayas?
Convergent
Flammable materials should never be placed near?
Open Flames
These four planets are known as the "Gas Giants" in our solar system.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Genetic Variation can be caused by..
Sexual Reproduction and Mutation
The presence of predators lessens________among the prey.
Competition