Environmental Changes (Stemscopes-Reading Science)

1. What does the word imperceptible in paragraph 3 most likely mean?

• A. extremely slow
• B. easily seen
• C. unseen
• D. hard to perceive

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2. What is the most likely result of a large asteroid hitting Earth?

• A. short- and long-term environmental changes
• B. only long-term environmental changes
• C. death of all life in its path
• D. introduction of new life to the planet

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3. Which of the following statements about environmental change is true?

• A. Environmental changes always happen very quickly
• B. Environmental changes cause instant changes in different species
• C. Environmental changes cause genetic mutations
• D. Environmental changes can make a genetic mutation more desirable

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4. Which of the following statements about traits is true?

• A. All organisms within a population will have the same traits
• B. A trait that is helpful is one environment will benefit organisms in all environments
• C. Organisms with helpful traits are more likely to survive and pass those traits on to their offspring
• D. An organism cannot have traits that would help it survive in environmental conditions that are different from the conditions of its habitat

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5. Which of the following summarizes the main idea in paragraph 5?

• A. Our environment will always change, and most of these changes take hundreds of years to occur
• B. Populations of a species living in different environments will develop different adaptations
• C. An oil spill causes both short- and long-term 
• D. Many scientists believe that environmental change may have made dinosaurs become extinct 

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