Earth History Review 2022-23

Which statement is an example of absolute age?

• this fossil is the same age as that fossil

• that fossil is 65,000 years old

• Layer A is the oldest

• my son is older than my daughter

Which is an example of relative age?

• I am 14 years old

• that rock layer is 25 million years old

• that fossil is 65,000 years old

• this rock layer is younger than the layer beneath it

The first step in natural selection is a mutation. What is a mutation?

• change in population

• a growth spurt

• change in DNA

• an extinction of part of a species

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What is an adaptation?

• a trait that helps an organism survive its environment

• when an organism cannot compete and dies out

• when an organism turns into a fossil

• a trait that causes an organism to compete for the same resources

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When you have a variation in a species and one of the traits is favorable, helping it survive in an environment and the other variation cannot compete and dies out is called?

• natural selection

• competition

• parasitism

• commensalism

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Which of these scenarios would increase the likelihood for an organism to become a fossil?

• being buried quickly and deeply

• increased presence of scavengers

• weathering and erosion

• being buried in igneous rock

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How do scientists know about the history of life on Earth?

• by studying rock layers and the fossil record

• human beings were the first life form on Earth

• by studying volcanoes

• by measuring the amount of tectonic plates move each year

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What do scientists study to prove the theory of evolution?

• homologous structures, fossil record, vestigial structures and embryology

• homologous structures, environment, and rocks

• homologous structures, mutations and mass extinctions

• mutations, natural selection, finches and embryology

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What is true about these homologous structures?

• They have different structures but all perform the same function or task

• They all have similar structures but each has a different functions

• The horse and dolphin ONLY have similar structures

• The bat wing has a different structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• Panthers in Tennessee were unable to reproduce.

• Natural predators killed and ate all the panthers in Tennessee.

• People hunted panthers and destroyed their habitats.

• Panthers in Tennessee ran out of food.

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