Position and Motion
Forces
Evolution
Fossil Record
Relative Age Dating
Challenge
100
What is the name for special reference point at (0,0)?
The origin.
100
How much is applied by a 50kg mass accelerating at a rate of
3 m/s^2?
150 N
100
Which scientist is credited with developing the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?
Charles Darwin
100
What kind of animal is seen in this fossil?
This is a trilobite.
100
The Principle of Relative Age Dating shown here.
What is superposition?
100
This type of DNA is created by injecting useful parts of human DNA into bacteria.
What is recombinant DNA?
200
Teacher David's desk is at position 0. If the garbage bin is at position +5m, and the wall clock is at the position -6m, what is the position of the wall clock relative to the garbage bin?
-11m
200
How much is applied by a 1200kg mass accelerating at a rate of
9.81 m/s^2?
11,772 N
200
An inherited characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce is called this.
What is an adaptation?
200
How does an animal become a fossil?
It must be buried underground quickly so it decomposes without oxygen.
200
The principle of relative age dating shown here.
What is original horizontality?
200
This molecule carries the genetic instructions for all living things.
What is a gene?
300
What is the acceleration of a rocket that increases its speed from 0 m/s to 300m/s in 50s?
6 m/s^2
300
How fast would an 80kg object accelerate if it had a net force of 600N applied to it?
7.5 m/s^2
300
The complete set of an organism’s genetic material is known as this.
What is the genome?
300
Dinosaurs dominated the Earth in the Jurassic period, part of the Mesozoic era. Name one of the other two periods of the Mesozoic era where the dinosaurs were still around.
The Triassic or Cretaceous.
300
The principle of relative age dating shown here.
What is inclusions?
300
The SI Units of Force
Newtons (N)
400
What is the speed of an object if it starts out moving 40 m/s, de-accelerates for 15s at a rate of
-8m/s^2?
-80 m/s^2
400
What is the acceleration of a 85kg if it is being pushed to the right by a 700N force and to the left by a 700N force?
0 m/s^2
400
A mutation that causes an animal to be stronger and faster than all of it's peers, but makes it impossible for this animal to reproduce, would be this kind of mutation.
What is a negative mutation?
400
Which element is found in a thin layer underground, covering the entire Earth; considered evidence of a massive asteroid striking the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Iridium
400
The youngest layer shown in this picture.
Layer D.
400
This is what GMO stands for.
What is "genetically modified organism"?
500
Two vehicles are traveling in the same direction and the begin at the same time. If one vehicle is traveling at 20m/s, and the other is traveling at 80km/h, what is the distance between them after 10s?
22.22m
500
What is the acceleration of a 70kg object that is being pushed to the right by a force of 700N and to the left by a force of 350N?
5 m/s^2 to the right
500
If a pigeon developed the ability to drink pool water to allow it to survive in a human dominated environment, that would be considered this type of adaptation.
What is a functional adaptation?
500
What features make a fossil the most useful to scientists for studying Earth's history?
Abundant (easy to find)
Widespread geographically
Short-lived in time
500
The oldest layer shown in this picture.
Layer F.
500
The SI units of acceleration
meters per second squared
(m/s^2)