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Geology-100

• ANSWER: The theory that states that the continents have moved apart horizontally to their current positions.

• QUESTION: What is the continental drift?

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Geology-200

• ANSWER: The theory that states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections.

• QUESTION: What is Plate Tectonics?

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Geology-300

• ANSWER: The theory that suggested that hot, less-dense material in the mantle is forced upward to the surface at a mid-ocean ridge then turns and flows sideways carrying the seafloor away in both directions.

• QUESTION: What is Seafloor Spreading?

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Geology-400

• ANSWER: This is a process done by measuring the amounts of parent and daughter material in a rock.

• QUESTION: What is radiometric dating?

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Geology-500

• ANSWER: Fossil Clues, Climate Clues, and Rock clues are all types of evidence that scientists collected for this theory.

• QUESTION: What is the Continental Drift Theory?

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• ANSWER: The process in which the nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei with the same number and type of chromosomes as the original.

• QUESTION: What is Mitosis?

Heredity-100

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Heredity-200

• ANSWER: A process of nuclear division that produces sex cells of 23 chromosomes.

• QUESTION: What is Meiosis?

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Heredity-300

• ANSWER: This stores the blueprints for making proteins which determines how traits appear in you.

• QUESTION: What is DNA?

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Heredity-400

• ANSWER: This is any permanent change in a gene or chromosome of a cell.

• QUESTION: What is a mutation?

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Heredity-500

• ANSWER: Protein assembly begins with this as it moves out of the nucleus and attaches to ribosomes in the cytoplasm and the other type of this acid temporarily matches the code.

• QUESTION: What is mRNA and tRNA?

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Chemistry-100

• ANSWER: This number is used to tell how many protons are in the nucleus of an atom.

• QUESTION: What is the atomic number?

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Chemistry-200

• ANSWER: This is an atomic particle that may either be shared or given away.

• QUESTION: What is a valent electron?

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Chemistry-300

• ANSWER: This tells chemists what elements make up a compound.

• QUESTION: What is a chemical formula?

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Chemistry-400

• ANSWER: This is an equation that shows what materials a chemical reaction begin with (reactants) and ends with (products).

• QUESTION: What is a chemical equation?

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Chemistry-500

• ANSWER: A covalent bond in which electrons are shared unequally.

• QUESTION: What is a polar bond?

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Ecology-100

• ANSWER: These are the surrounding factors in an environment that all organisms depend on.

• QUESTION: What are abiotic and biotic factors?

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Ecology-200

• ANSWER: Groups of populations that interact with each other in a given area for this.

• QUESTION: What is a community?

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Ecology-300

• ANSWER: This system is made up of a biotic community and the abiotic factors that affect it.

• QUESTION: What is an ecosystem?

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Ecology-400

• ANSWER: This method is used by ecologists to check on an endangered species population in Asia.

• QUESTION: What is the mark and recapture method?

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Ecology-500

• ANSWER: Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere contain the biotic and abiotic factors that determine this.

• QUESTION: What are the Levels of Biological Organization?

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Evolution-100

• ANSWER: This is any remain of life from an earlier time.

• QUESTION: What is a fossil?

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Evolution-200

• ANSWER: Organisms with traits that are best suited to their environments are more likely to survive is due to this theory.

• QUESTION: What is the theory of evolution by Natural Selection?

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Evolution-300

• ANSWER: This is the appearance of an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same species.

• QUESTION: What is a variation?

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Evolution-400

• ANSWER: This is a rock type formed by mud, sand, or other fine particles that settle out of a liquid.

• QUESTION: What is sedimentary rock?

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Evolution-500

• ANSWER: Body parts that are similar in origin and structure that give evidence that two or more species share common ancestors.

• QUESTION: What are homologous structures?