Constructive/Destructive Forces
Plate Tectonics
Fossils
Genetics
Force and Motion
100
This process involves the dropping off of sediment in a new location, often creating landforms like deltas or sand dunes.
What is deposition?
100
This is the name of the "supercontinent" that existed 250 million years ago before the plates drifted apart.
What is Pangaea?
100
This law states that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest is at the top.
What is the Law of Superposition?
100
What would be the genotype for an individual who displays the recessive trait? (You may pick any letter)
What is hh?
100
Is an object with a NET force of 0 a balanced or unbalanced force?
What is a balanced force?
200
What type of rocks will weather the fastest- igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary?
What are sedimentary rocks?
200
How do islands form in the middle of tectonic plates- such as Hawaii?
What is a hot spot?
200
A scientist found shell and whale fossils in what is now a desert. What does this tell you about how the environment has changed over time?
What is the environment used to be a body of water before becoming a desert.
200
A species of fish can be red, yellow, or red and yellow. What type of inheritance is this demonstrating?
What is co-dominance?
200
The amount of gravitational force that pulls down on an object.
What is weight?
300
What are the three things that increase the further towards the center of the Earth you go?
What are temperature, pressure, and density?
300
Ocean crust subducts underneath continental crust because it is...
What is more dense?
300
This type of dating gives a specific age in years by looking at the radioactive decay of elements within a rock.
What is absolute dating?
300
This cell reproduction process produces four daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
What is meiosis?
300
If a box is pushed 10N to the right and 5N to the left, this is the resulting net force.
What is 5N to the right?
400
What is the underground origin of an earthquake called?
What is a focus?
400
What type of plate boundary creates a mid-ocean ridge?
What is a convergent boundary?
400
These specific fossils are used to define and identify geologic periods because they were geographically widespread but existed for only a short time.
What is an index fossil?
400
If a "Bb" (Heterozygous) brown-eyed parent crosses with a "bb" (Homozygous recessive) blue-eyed parent, this is the percentage chance the offspring will have blue eyes.
What is 50%?
400
Newton’s First Law is often called the Law of ____, stating that objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
What is Inertia?
500
These circular movements of magma within the mantle are considered the primary "engine" or driving force behind plate movement.
What are convection currents?
500
If ocean and continental crust collide, what will happen and why?
The ocean crust will subduct because it is more dense.
500
Order the rock layers from oldest to youngest.
What is E, C, B, D, A?
500
The color of flowers shows incomplete dominance and can be either red, white, or pink. What are the possible offspring phenotypes for a cross between a white and red flower?
What is 100% pink?
500
What occurs to the strength of non-contact forces (such as magnetism, gravity, and electric charges) as objects move further away from one another?
What is decreases?