Earth and Space Science
What is the uppermost layer of the mantle?
The lithosphere
What is acceleration?
Speed Up, Down, or Remain Constant
What is the first period on Earth called?
Hadean
genotype
Where do we experience the greatest chance for an Earthquake?
near two tectonic plates
What causes trenches?
convergent plate boundaries, subduction
What impacts motion? What changes it?
Gravity, Friction, and Inertia
What period on Earth was responsible for a giant ocean?
Paleozoic
What did Gregor Mendel study?
pea-plants
Law of Superposition
oldest rock layers on the bottom, youngest on the top
What are the three types of volcanoes?
Cinder-Cones, Composite, Shield
If we have an object that travels 1250 meters and travels 50m/s, how long would it take to get there?
25 seconds
What was the explosion of Life called?
Cambrian Explosion
What did Charles Darwin Study and where at?
finches and Galapagos Island
What is viscosity
how well something flows
What is a caldera?
Hole left behind from a volcano
If an object travels for 6 hours and goes 3.6 feet/sec, how far would it travel?
21.6 ft
Trilobite
What do Pedigrees show scientists?
How different traits are carried down through generations. Likelihood of getting a trait.
What are the two types of scales used with Earthquakes?
Mercalli and Richter
What is slow moving lava called?
Pahoehoe
Suppose we have two objects coming towards each other and one goes 25m/s and the other goes 35m/s. if they were 200m apart, how long before they meet?
2.85s
What was the first period of the Dinosaurs?
Triassic Period.
If we have two parents who produce an offspring that is heterozygous for a trait, what must the parents be?
Aa, aa or Aa,Aa, or aa,aa
Where is the hanging wall in a normal fault?
Hanging wall is below the footwall