Science Hodgepodge
The 1st 4 planets are made of these properties.
What are Rock and Metal?
What is an allele?
One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
Why does the Earth Have Seasons?
As the Earth spins on its axis It produces night and day. It take 365 days to complete. In which the Earth's axis is tilted.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
The galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth.
What is a phenotype?
The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
What is common ancestry?
When one species is the ancestor of two or more species later in time.
What is an inherited trait?
Refers to a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction
What is a solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring Earth's view of the Sun, totally or partially.
What is selective breeding?
Selective breeding is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
What are the 3 behaviors that animals exhibit in response to their environment?
Instinctual, Learned, and Abnormal.
What is gravity?
The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
The last 4 planets are are made of this property.
What are hydrogen and helium?
Which moon phase does a lunar eclipse occur?
The Full Moon Phase
Convert 6.3cm into _______________ mm
63 millimeters
What is the Scientific Notation?
0.000326
3.26 X 10-6
Convert 2000mg into __________g
2 grams
What is genetic variation?
The difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations.
What is the scientific notation?
875000
8.75 X 105
What is genetic mutation?
An alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or DNA.
What is competition between organisms?
The relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same place.
Why is Polaris called the North Star?
It's located nearly at the north celestial pole, the point around which the entire northern sky turns.
Convert 65g into ________________ mg
65000 Miligrams
What are the 3 types of adaptations?
Structural, Physiological and Behavioral
Why can humans see planets?
It's due to the phases of the moon. Also, their visibility is determined by the interaction of light from the sun and the planets' own shadows.
What is Asexual Reproduction?
A type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes.