Rocks and Stuff
This form of water is a mineral.
What is ice?
This is the code that stores all our information.
What is DNA?
The energy we get from food is measured in this.
What are calories/kilocalories?
The furthest planet from the sun in our Solar System.
What is Neptune?
These organs are the only ones that can float on water.
What are the lungs?
This is the hardest mineral.
What are diamonds?
These traits need two of the same gene/allele to be expressed.
What are recessive traits?
These organisms break up dead stuff.
What are decomposers?
The astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission landed here.
What is the Moon?
This organ has the lowest pH in the human body.
What is the stomach?
Through this process, rock and other materials are transported to new places.
What is erosion?
This Australian scientist was known as the "father of modern genetics" for his work on pea plants.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This form of fat is able to be packed better.
What is saturated fat?
This formation on Jupiter commonly reaches winds speeds exceeding 400 mph.
What is the Giant Red Spot?
We need these organisms to help break down our food.
What are bacteria (gut)?
This type of rock is made from the cooling of lava/magma.
What are igneous rocks?
Charles Darwin proposed a theory that evolution occurred using this process.
What is natural selection?
These molecules are used for quick energy.
What are carbs?
This moon of Jupiter is the most geologically active object in the Solar System and is known for its volcanoes.
What is Io?
This muscle-walled tube connects the throat to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
This and high pressures form metamorphic rock.
What is high temperature?
This disease is caused by an additional copy of the 21st chromosome.
What is Down syndrome?
This amount of energy is passed through each level of the food chain.
This NASA rover was the first to land on Mars.
What is the Sojourner?
This inherited respiratory disease causes a buildup of thick and sticky mucus.
What is cystic fibrosis?