Heredity
An organism's physical appearance is determined by its genetic makeup, which consists of alleles inherited from parents.
What are phenotypes and genotypes?
This occurs when rocks are pulled apart.
What is Divergent?
"Father of modern genetics"
Who is Gregor Mendel?
These negatively charged particles orbit the what of an atom?
What is the nucleus?
This force always acts in the direction opposing the motion of an object which causes what?
What is friction?
A dominant allele masks the presence of a recessive allele in the phenotype, requiring only one copy to be expressed, whereas recessive traits require two copies.
What is the difference between homozygous and heterozygous?
This occurs when rock pushes together.
What is convergent?
"Father of the theory Continental Drift"
Who is Alfred Wegener?
On the Periodic Table, this number is equal to the total number of protons in an atom's nucleus.
What is the atomic number?
This is the speed of an object in a specific direction.
What is velocity?
calculate the probability of offspring inheriting specific allele combinations.
What is a Punnett square?
This occurs when rock pasts each other.
What is transform?
Who is Harry Hess?
These are atoms of the same element that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
What are isotopes?
This is the standard metric unit used to measure force.
What is a Newton?
A diagram used to track traits or diseases across generations.
What is Pedigree?
This occurs when an Oceanic plate goes underneath a Continental plate.
What is subduction?
This person coined the term Pangaea.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
This subatomic particle has no electrical charge and is found in the nucleus.
What is a neutron?
According to Newton’s Third Law, for every action, there is one of these that is equal and opposite.
What is a reaction?
An alternative version of a gene.
What is Allele?
New crust is constantly being born at this Ridge.
What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
Proposed the theory of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Table salt is a compound made of these two specific elements.
What are sodium and chlorine?
This type of energy is stored in an object due to its position, such as a ball at the top of a hill.
What is potential energy?