What do we call all of the evidence of living things that is stored inside the Earth?
fossil record
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List the layers of the Earth in order from the outside in.
crust - mantle - outer core - inner core
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What did Charles Darwin call the idea that organisms with helpful traits will survive long enough to reproduce and pass on those traits?
Natural Selection
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The Rocky Mountains are high and jagged. The Appalachian Mountains are lower and rounded. What can you infer about their ages?
Appalachian Mountains (been around longer to be weathered).
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What phenotype of the offspring have brown hair? Blonde hair? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair)
75% Brown Hair and 25% Blonde Hair
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On a pedigree chart, which symbols represent a male and female?
Square = male; Circle = Female
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How are individuals I-2 and III-5 related?
grandma and grandson
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This pedigree represents the inheritance of hemophilia in this family. How many of the females have the hemophilia trait?
2
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Refer to the pedigree. How could person ll-2 and ll-3 have a baby with the hemophilia trait when neither of them show the trait
They are carriers of the hemophilia trait (heterozygous)
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What happens when continental crust and oceanic crust converge? What is it called?
Oceanic crust is pushed down; Subduction
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Which line could travel to Earth's core? What kind of wave is this?
Line B / P-Wave
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S is the Focus of the earthquake and N is the epicenter. X and Z are seismograph stations. Which of the following sets of seismogram readings are correct for the picture?
3
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Explain a difference between a P and S Wave.
P Waves = faster, can go through any layer, longitudinal wave. S Waves = slower, can only go through solids, transverse wave.
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What are the genotypes for male and female
male = XY; female = XX
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Which force breaks or wears away the Earth?
weathering
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What do we call the force that surfaces exert to prevent solid objects from passing through each other?