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Let’s Play Final Challenge HEREDITY FOSSILS MORE OCEANS Planet Trivia OCEANS 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Examples of these are bones, imprints, coprolites Heredity for 100 What are Fossils? 100 Examples of these are bones, imprints, coprolites

Characteristics that help an organism survive and reproduce Heredity for 200 What are adaptations? 200 Characteristics that help an organism survive and reproduce

300 Heredity for 300 Humans select these to gain a certain trait What is selective breeding? 300 Humans select these to gain a certain trait

Heredity for 400 What is natural selection? 400 The process by which some survive and others die out

He used pea plants to study heredity Heredity for 500 Who is Mendel? 500 He used pea plants to study heredity

Fossils for 100 What is superposition? 100 Younger over older

A belief that all geologic change occurs suddenly Fossils for 200 What is catastrophism? 200 A belief that all geologic change occurs suddenly

Fossils for 300 What is absolute dating? 300 Trying to be absolutely sure of the years an object has existed

Fossils for 400 What is an isotope? 400 Atoms of the same element with the same # of protons but different neutrons

What is an unconformity? A missing part of the geologic column Fossils for 500 What is an unconformity? 500 A missing part of the geologic column

Streamlike movements of ocean water far below the surface Oceans for 100 What are deep currents? 100 Streamlike movements of ocean water far below the surface

200 Oceans for 200 The turning of moving objects by Earth’s rotation What is the Coriolis Effect? 200 The turning of moving objects by Earth’s rotation

The area between the breaker zone and the shore Oceans for 300 What is the surf? 300 The area between the breaker zone and the shore

Oceans for 400 What is upwelling? 400 Process in which cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean rises to replace surface water

Tides that occur when the sun, Earth, and moon form a 90’ angle Oceans for 500 What are neap tides? 500 Tides that occur when the sun, Earth, and moon form a 90’ angle

White, foaming waves with steep crests that break in the open ocean More Oceans for 100 What are whitecaps? 100 White, foaming waves with steep crests that break in the open ocean

Waves that crest and fall near shore More Oceans for 200 What are breakers? 200 Waves that crest and fall near shore

Tides caused by the alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon More Oceans for 300 What are spring tides? 300 Tides caused by the alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon

The lowest point of a wave More Oceans for 400 What is the trough? 400 The lowest point of a wave

A wave that can be caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions Oceans for 500 What is a tsunami? 500 A wave that can be caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions

Two kinds of energy we receive from the sun Trivia for 100 What is heat & light? 100 Two kinds of energy we receive from the sun

This is when a planet travels in an orbit around the sun Trivia for 200 What is revolution? 200 This is when a planet travels in an orbit around the sun

This planet is about half the size of Earth Trivia for 300 What is Mars? 300 This planet is about half the size of Earth

400 Trivia for 400 These planets have orbits between Earth and Uranus What are Mars, Jupiter, & Saturn? 400 These planets have orbits between Earth and Uranus

This gas is found in the atmosphere of all five outer planets Trivia for 500 What is methane? 500 This gas is found in the atmosphere of all five outer planets

Io, the only moon with active volcanoes, orbits this planet Final Challenge End Game Write Your Final Challenge Wager What is Jupiter? Io, the only moon with active volcanoes, orbits this planet TIME’S UP!

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