Life Science Check In Science

Multiple Choice

What is a principal that states that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.

• Catastrophism

• Unconformity

• Uniformitarianism

• Angular Unconformity

Multiple Choice

True or false: The tectonic plates will never stop moving

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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Identify this type of plate movement

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• None

Multiple Choice

Identify this type of plate movement

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• None

Multiple Choice

Around 200 – 250 million years ago ______ started to break into separate plates. 

• Oceans

• China

• Pangea

• None

Multiple Choice

Identify this type of plate movement

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• None

Multiple Choice

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the Mantle

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

​Evidence of Change

​Law of superposition- In an undisturbed sequence of sedimentary rock layers, each layer or fossil is younger than the one below it and older than the one above it.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

• 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

• 2, 3, 4, 5, 1

• 1, 2, 3, 5, 4

Multiple Choice

What evidence was used to support Continental Drift?

• Continents fitting together like a puzzle

• Fossils of Ferns on Antarctica

• Similar mountain ranges on different continents

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Multiple Choice

If you took rock samples from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the youngest rock would be

• located where the plates collide

• located at the place where rocks are furthest from the rift valley

• Located at the center of the ridge (rift valley), where oceanic crust is formed

• none of the above; all the rocks would be the same age

Multiple Choice

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
• Antartica and Africa

Multiple Choice

Fossils of animals without wings or swimming speeds can be found in South America and Africa. This supports that those continents used to be together because...

• The animals had to be able to walk from place to place

• The animals used to have wings but don't anymore

• The fossils moved to the area AFTER the continents moved

• This doesn't support continental drift

Multiple Choice

A trait that makes a species better suited to survive in its environment is called a(n) _________.

• variation
• adaptation
• natural selection
• isolation

Multiple Choice

Any change in the sequence of DNA is a

• recombination

• mutation

• chromatin

• independent assortment

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Genetic _________________ allow some organisms to be better adapted to the environment.

• variations

• domination

• repeats

• weakness

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Definition: natural selection

• inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival
• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate
• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
• differences in the DNA sequence

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

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A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

• variations
• adapatations
• homologous structures
• analogous structures

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Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

• Extinction
• Genetic variation
• Natural Resources
• Evolution

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A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals

• Generation Time
• Fossil Record
• Extinct
• Speciation

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Individuals that are better able to cope with the challenges of their environment tend to

• Increase in population over time.

• Decrease in population over time.

• Leave fewer offspring than those less suited to the environment.

• Both (a) and (c)

Multiple Choice

According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism? 

• Amphibians
• Ray finned fish
• Crocodiles
• Birds

Multiple Choice

Which two orgainsms have hair? 

• Sharks & Ray Finned Fish
• Primates & Rodents
• Birds & Crocodiles
• Rabbits & Birds

Multiple Choice

What characteristic distinguishes amphibians from birds and reptiles?

• Amniotic egg

• Egg shells

• Vertebrae

• Hair/fur

Multiple Choice

​Fossils provide evidence of organisms that lived in the past.​

• true

• false

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Provides evidence about the existence of species, the order in which they have existed through time, and how they have changed over time.

• extinction

• fossil record

• DNA

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Fossils that help fill in the gaps between two groups of organisms.

• transitional fossils

• fossil record

• amber fossils

• cast fossils

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Structures that are inherited from a common ancestor are homologous.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?

• The function of these bones is the same in all animals
• They live in similar environments
• They have a common ancestor
• All organisms resemble humans

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Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of

• Homologous structure
• Analogous structure
• Mimicry
• Camoflague

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Analogous structures show common ancestry.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?

• fossil record
• comparing embryology
• comparing biochemistry
• comparing anatomy

Multiple Choice

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures.  These are known as

• vestigial structures
• analogous structures
• homologous structures
• fossil structures

Multiple Choice

The structures shown are_________

• homologous
• heterologous
• analogous
• vestigial

Multiple Choice

• Homologous
• Vestigial
• Analogous

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structures that have lost their original function through evolution

• homologous structure

• analogous structure

• comparative anatomy

• vestigial structure

Multiple Choice

What conclusions can be made based on this table shown?

• the American black bear and the giant panda are most closely related

• the giant panda and the red panda are most closely related

• the red panda and the racoon are the most closely related

• the giant panda and the racoon are most closely related

Multiple Choice

Study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor because of similarities in development

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

Multiple Choice

If two organisms have similar traits of DNA they are probably

• share a common ancestor
• share a common environment
• share a common population
• speciation

Multiple Choice

In the cartoon below, Canus nipponicus refers to a proposed scientific name for an imaginary organism. This proposed scientific name indicates the

• kingdom and phylum

• phylum and genus

• genus and species

• kingdom and species

Multiple Choice

What kingdom contains multicellular organisms that use photosynthesis to meet their energy demands?

• Plants

• Animals

• Fungi

• Protista

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the kingdom that contains multicellular organisms that use cellular respiration to maintain their energy demands of their cells?

• Protista

• Animals

• Archeabacteria

• Plants

Multiple Choice

What is the most broad way life could be grouped according to the classification system?

• Kingdom

• Domain

• Class

• Family

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a group of similar organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring

• cell
• organism
• kingdom
• species

Multiple Choice

All living things or organisms in an ecosystem are

• None

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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What is the definition of Abiotic Factors

• physical or nonliving factors with which an organism might interact

• living organisms with which an organism might

  interact

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

• Coyote

• air

• elephant

Multiple Choice

Is a rain an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is sunlight a biotic or abiotic factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order (smallest to largest) of the levels of organization?

• Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism

• Organism, Community, Ecosystem, Population, Biome

• Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome

• Community, Organism, Population, Biome, Ecosystem

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Tundra, Desert, Forest, Wetlands, Oceans.... are all examples of what level of organization?

• Community

• Biome

• Population

• Ecosystem

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A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals

• People

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Species

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TRUE or FALSE: A community includes all abiotic and biotic factors.

• TRUE
• FASLE

Multiple Choice

If the amount of food resources increases, the population of an animal would

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• go extinct

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The largest amount that an environment can support

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• ecosystem

• population

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environmental factors that cause a population to stop growing or decrease in size

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• ecosystem

• community

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a limiting factor

• food

• predators

• weather conditions

• disease

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

If a disease that destroyed oak trees came through an ecosystem, what would happen to the acorn eating squirrel population?

• nothing - it would stay the same

• the squirrel population would increase

• the squirrel population would decrease

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

According to the graph, what is the maximum number of deer that this ecosystem can support?

• 100

• 90

• 80

• 70

Categorize

Options (6)

food

shelter

disease

rainfall

temperature

pollution

The carrying capacity of a region is affected by both density-dependent and density independent factors. Organize these options into the right categories

density dependent factor

density independent factor

Multiple Choice

Which is a synonym for an autotroph?

• heterotroph

• consumer

• producer

Multiple Select

Which of the following organism above are considered "Heterotrophic"?

• Deer

• Fern Plant

• Apple Tree

• Owl

• Skunk

Multiple Select

Which of the following organism above are considered "Autotrophic"?

• Lemongrass

• Fox

• Apple Tree

• Rose Plant

• Sunlight

Multiple Choice

Which terms best describe heterotrophs?

• Plants; producers
• Animals; producers
• Plants; consumers
• Animals; consumers

Multiple Choice

This is known as a relationship in which one organism benefits, while the other is unaffected.

• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Immigration
• Commensalism

Multiple Choice

This is known as a relationship in which both organisms involved benefit. 

• Predator-Prey
• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Decomposition

Multiple Choice

Lions typical fight to death for territory, mates, and food sources. Lions are most likely fighting due to:

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

• Parasitism

Multiple Choice

In this food pyramid, which level has the least amount of energy?

• Producers

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Top Predators

Multiple Choice

In this food web, the mouse would be a _________.

• Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

Multiple Choice

In this food web, the dragonfly would be a _________.

• Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

Multiple Choice

In this food web, the berries would be a _________.

• Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

Multiple Choice

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

Multiple Choice

Which level will contain plants?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident