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Final Exam
Deformation caused by rubbing two pieces of rock together.
Shearing
Deformation like a trash compactor.
Compression
The layers of rock form an arch.
Anticline
Rock becomes thinner in the middle than at the ends.
Tension
Landmass increases in elevation over time.
Mountains
Thin and runny lava.
Dark-colored lava
Seismic wave that travels through liquids, gases, and solids.
Primary waves
Earthquakes are caused by.
Faulting
Where rocks break and move beneath Earth’s surface.
Focus
Volcano that has erupted but now inactive.
Dormant
Iron and nickel make up this layer of the Earth.
Core
Scientists study the structures of the Earth’s core?
Seismic Waves
The Earth’s thickest layer is?
Mantle
The second deepest layer of the Earth?
Mantle
What is the lithosphere made of?
Solid plates
More dense crust is pushed under less dense crust.
Subduction
Moves air in the atmosphere.
Convection Currents
The theory that links continental drift and ocean-floor spreading together
Plate Tectonics
Plate Boundary that slides past one another.
Strike-slip boundary
Plate boundaries that come together.
Convergent boundaries
Large movement of loose rocks and soil.
Landslide
Which horizon is made up of partly weathered rock.
C Horizon
Weathering that changes the makeup of rocks.
Chemical
Wearing away of rocks by wind, water, or other forces.
Abrasion
Weathering that causes smooth and rounded edges.
Mechanical
What can be found in glaciers?
Boulders Sediment Small rock particles
Major agents of erosion?
WindWaterGravity
What caused the Grand Canyon?
Erosion
What is a young river in its developmental stage?
Immature river
What causes waves?
EarthquakesWindTidal waves
The characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
Traits
Organism that has two different alleles.
Hybrid
Father of Genetics.
Gregor Mendel
The process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells.
Meiosis
Building blocks of protein.
Amino Acid
Another name for gene splicing?
Genetic Engineering
What 3 things can alter a person’s height from their environment.
Diet Living ConditionsMedical Care
A cross between two genetically different individuals?
Hybridization
A person that inherits an abnormal condition through genes or chromosomes.
Genetic Disorder
A person with one dominant and one recessive allele, but shows the dominant trait is?
Carrier
A trait that helps an organism survive and produce is called?
Adaptations
The process by which individuals are better adapted to their environment.
Natural Selection
What is the major event that causes a new species?
Geographic IsolationMountain RangesContinental Drift
A fossil formed when minerals replace all or part of the organism.
Petrified fossils
What are three things that fossils can be preserved in?
Sediments Ice Tar pitsAmber
A technique used to determine which of two fossils is older?
Relative Dating
A diagram that shows how different organisms are related?
Branching Tree
What is it called when a species produce to many offspring?
Overproduction
The gradual change in a species over time.
Evolution
The name of the book that Darwin published?
The origin of species
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