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Chapter 18 QUIZ

Authored by Jeanine Dallimore

Biology

11th - 12th Grade

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Chapter 18 QUIZ
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The primary reason that dragonflies grew so much larger 300 million years ago than they do today is that

they lacked predators then.

they were able to exploit an aquatic niche that no longer exists.

there was more oxygen in the air then.

there was more nitrogen in the air then.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first person to realize that the relative ages of rocks can be determined by examining strata was

Charles Darwin.

Alfred Russel Wallace.

Alfred Wegener.

Nicolaus Steno.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first person to put forth the idea that Earth's continents are in continual but slow motion was

Charles Darwin.

Alfred Russel Wallace.

Nicolaus Steno.

Alfred Wegener.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Suppose you were to drill a hole toward the center of Earth. Which of the following is the correct order of the layers you would encounter?

Magma, mantle, lithospheric plate

Mantle, magma, lithospheric plate

Lithopsheric plate, magma, mantle

Lithospheric plate, mantle, magma

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the plants living at a particular time or place are called its

biota.

flora.

fauna.

igneous species.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following conditions would increase the likelihood of an animal's being fossilized?

Living in an oxygen-rich environment

Having an exoskeleton

Living in an area where geological processes often transform rocks

none of these answers are correct

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Humans reached North America approximately ____ years ago.

500

1,500

15,000

100,000

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