Science 8 Jeopardy 2009
Earth Science FORCES ENERGY EVOLUTION GENETICS Reproduction
The outer layer of the Earth’s surface
What is The Crust?
The theory that continents have been and are moving.
What is The Theory of Continental drift?
Explains how plates have been moving due to convection currents in the Mantle
What is Plate Tectonics?
Law that states the oldest fossils are often found in the deepest layers of sediment
What is The law of Superposition?
Places where earthquakes and Volcanoes tend to form
What are Tectonic Plate boundaries?
The Scientist who concluded that continental drift is occuring
Who is Alfred Wegener ?
Process that occurs when a dense oceanic plate moves under a continental plate
What is Subduction?
The Scientist who formulated the Three laws of motion, and developed Calculus
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
What is Inertia?
Newton’s 2 nd Law:
What is Force = mass x acceleration? (F = ma)
An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force
What is Newton’s Second Law?
Explains why a gun kicks back when it fires a bullet:
What is Newton’s Third Law (For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?
The rate at which an object increases its speed over a certain amount of time
What is Acceleration?
The force that acts against all moving objects on Earth
What is Friction?
The ability to do work
What is Energy?
Energy that depends on Height and weight
What is Potential Energy?
Energy that depends on Velocity and mass
What is Kinetic Energy?
Law that states energy cannot be created nor destroyed
What is The law of conservation of energy?
Is the average kinetic energy of the particles in any substance
What is Temperature?
Can be reflected, Transmitted, absorbed or refracted
What is Light Energy?
The number of cycles per second (Hz) of a wave
What is Frequency?
His theory included Overproduction, Competition, Variation, Adaptations, Natural selection, and Speciation
Who is CHARLES DARWIN?
The struggle for survival between organisms for food, shelter, and mates
What is COMPETITION?
According to Darwin: This is responsible for the change in a species over time
What is A change in the environment?
A favorable trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
Who is an Adaptation ?
The idea that those best adapted to an environment are the ones who survive
Survival of the Fittest
Comparative embryo studies Fossils Genetic Similarities
What are Forms of evidence of evolution
An artificial, human controlled form of evolution where we choose the organisms we wish to mate based on characteristics we wish to see in their offspring 1000 PT. BONUS
What is Selective Breeding
Genetic material located in the Nucleus of a cell
What is DNA?
A segment of DNA that codes a specific trait
What is a Gene?
The four bases that are found in DNA 1000 pt. BONUS
What is A, T, C, and G
Process by which humans make copies of living organisms
What is Cloning?
The Genetic Makeup of an organism
What is a Genotype?
AA, Aa, aa, in scientific terms
What are PURE DOMINANT, HYBRID, and Pure RESSECIVE?
Organization of life. From genes to organism
What is GENES, CHROMOSOMES, NUCLEUS (ORGANELLE), CELLS, TISSUE, ORGANS, SYSTEMS, ORGANISM
Process by which gametes (sex cells) are formed
What is MEIOSIS?
This type of reproduction produces genetically identical offspring
What is ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION?
This type of development involves drastic changes in the organism through distinct phases of development.
What is Metamorphosis?
Where Internal fertilization occurs
What is the OVIDUCT/ FALLOPIAN TUBE?
Two types of cells produced by Meiosis
What are EGG and SPERM?
Stages in order from fertilized egg to embryo
What is ZYGOTE, 2 cell stage, 4 cell stage, 8 cell (cleavage) - Blastula?
1000 pt. BONUS This form of asexual reproduction involves an unequal division of the cytoplasm?
What is Budding