weather
This is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, making up about 78% of the air we breathe.
what is nitrogen?
This molecule, shaped like a twisted ladder or double helix, contains the "code" for all your traits.
what is DNA?
The energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
the adult body is made up of many bones
what is 206?
On a weather map, a red line with semi-circles represents this type of front.
What is a warm front?
This is the process where liquid water heats up and turns into water vapor (a gas).
What is evaporation?
These are different versions or forms of a gene, often represented by capital or lowercase letters.
What are alleles?
This is the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element.
what is an atom?
Digestion actually begins here, where food is physically broken down by teeth and chemically by saliva
What is the mouth?
This instrument is used by meteorologists to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
This term describes the short-term state of the atmosphere, while "climate" describes long-term patterns.
What is weather?
This occurs when two different alleles are present (like Bb), and the dominant one masks the recessive one.
What is heterozygous?
these are the three subatomic particles that make up an atom.
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
The basic unit of the nervous system, these specialized cells carry electrical messages throughout the body
What are neurons?
High pressure systems usually bring clear skies, while this type of pressure system usually brings clouds and rain.
What is low pressure?
What is low pressure?
To be classified as this type of storm, a tropical cyclone must have sustained winds of at least 74 mph.
What is a hurricane?
This is a permanent change in the DNA sequence of a gene.
What is a mutation?
What is a mutation?
Rows on the Periodic Table are called periods, but the vertical columns are known by this name.
what are groups?
An automatic, rapid response to a stimulus (like pulling your hand off a hot stove) that often bypasses the brain
What is a reflex?
This effect, caused by Earth's rotation, makes winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the right.
What is the Coriolis Effect
This is the calm, center part of a hurricane
what is the eye?
This is the process of choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with desirable traits.
what is selective breeding?
This fourth state of matter is a high-energy gas-like mixture of charged particles found in stars and lightning.
what is plasma?
These tough bands of connective tissue connect bone to bone at a joint
What are ligaments?
This type of air mass forms over land near the poles and brings cold, dry air.
What is a Continental Polar air mass?