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AMS 3rd 9 wks review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A mineral is inorganic, which means that it contains | no materials that were once part of living things |
| Old oceanic crust is more dense than new oceanic crust because it is | cooler |
| Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by | convection currents in the mantle |
| Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned thta Earth's interior is made up of several | layers |
| Heat and pressure deep beneath the surface of the Earth can change rock into | metamorphic rock |
| A series of processes on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes the rock from one kind to another | rock cycle |
| Erosion on a mountain range that was pushed up as a result of colliding continental plates will lead to the formation of ______ rock | sedimentary rock |
| The cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei during | mitosis |
| The regular cycle of growth and division that cells undergo is the | cell cycle |
| When an organism has two different alleles for a trait it it | heterozygous |
| A metal pan burning a counter top is an example of which type of heat transfer? | conduction |
| Reproduction that does not require using gametes (egg and sperm) | Asexual reproduction |
| Which layer of the Earth would you expect to be under the greatest pressure? | Inner core |
| Which type of crust has the greatest density? | oceanic crust |
| What landform forms at a divergent boundary? | Mid-ocean ridge |
| What landform forms at a convergent boundary between two continental plates? | mountains |
| What landform forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate? | A trench |
| What is used to represent a dominant allele? | A capital letter |
| During which stage of the cell cycle does the centromere spilt allowing the chromosomes to move to opposite sides of the cell? | Anaphase |
| What holds two sister chromatids together in a chromosome? | A centromere |
| During which stage of the cell cycle does a new nuclear form around chromosomes in each end of the cell? | Telophase |
| At which plate boundary do plates move past each other horizontally, resulting in earthquakes? | transform boundary |
| If an organism has identical alleles for a trait, it is homozygous or _____ | purebred |
| If an organism has two different alleles for a trait, it is heterozygous or _____ | hybrid |
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