earth and weather
life
plants/animals
human body
evolution/heredity
200

what is ore

what is a mineral that contains a useful substance

200

this is a strand of genetic information surronded by a protien coat

what is a virus

200

what do nonvascular plants have instead of roots

what is rhizoids

200

where is the cardiac muscle found

what is your heart

200

this is how alleles are expressed (what a trait "looks like")

what is phenotype

400

what do topographical maps tell us

what is the shape of land and its terrain features
400

this helps a chemical reaction proceed by bringing together the reactants

what is an enzyme

400

this is a structure that is attached to something larger

what is an appendage

400

what minerals make bones hard

what are calcium and phosphorous

400

what is genetic engineering

what is the modification of genes through biological or chemical processes

600

what are folded mountains

what is a mountain formed when plates move together and exert pressure on rocks from each side of the plate

600

a bunch of different cells doing a similar job are called this

what is a tissue

600

which mammals lay eggs

what are monotremes

600

this is the part of your brain that controls involuntary functions

what is the brain stem
600

this is when all of the individuals of a species dies

what is extinction
800

cooling magma forms these types of rocks

what is igneous

800

what do mitochondria do

what is provide the cell with energy

800

what is the green pigment used for photosyntheses

what is chlorophyll

800

what connects the kidney and the bladder

what is the ureter

800

a fossil that forms a silhouette of the organism is a ----------

carbon film

1000

what does the ozone layer protect us from

what is ultraviolet or uv rays

1000

what are dna's nitrogen bases, and how are they paired

what is A(adenine), T(thymine), C(cytosine), G(guanine)

A and T go together, and so do C and G

1000

this is how a plant releases water to the environment. when the plans stomata open and close, some water evaporates

what is transpiration

1000

this is a flap that closes to prevent food from going into your airway. when you breathe, this remains open

what is the epiglottis

1000

what was the first organism to appear on earth? bonus points: how did it create energy (but you cannot get bonus points if you dont get the first part correct)

what is cyanobacteria. it made energry through photosyntheses