Sect 11.1/11.2 Quiz for CK12

Which of the following statements are true about the Earth? (3)

• The first living things lived in the Ocean.

• Earth was ready for life right after it formed.

• Earth is about 4.6 million years old.

• It took over a billion years for Earth to be suitable for living things.

• The same 4 bases in DNA have been present since the first life on Earth.

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Which of the following statements are true of Charles Darwin? (3)

• Darwin proposed the Theory of Gradualism.

• Darwin discovered that species vary over time.

• Darwin Proposed the Theory of Evolution.

• Darwin could not show a link between organisms of the past and organism present on Earth now.

• Darwin discovered that species vary globally.

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Humans are a unique species in that: (3)

• We have the ability to change our environment to meet our needs.

• We are the main cause of loss of Biodiversity in our time.

• We can influence Evolution through selective breeding.

• We multiply faster than all other species.

• We consume resources at a rate that is in balance with what the environment can produce.

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Which of the following statements are true of the Phylogenic Tree of Life? (4)

• The Domain Bacteria is the oldest.

• The Domain Eukaryota includes humans.

• The Domains Archae and Eukaryota have a nucleus and are classified as eukaryotes.

• The Domains Archae and Bacteria are prokaryotic.

• The trunk at the base is the DNA we all have in common.

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Which of the following statements are true about absolute age? (2)

• It tells us whether something is older or younger than something else.

• It cannot age something that was once alive.

• It uses trace fossils to provide us with the age of a rock layer.

• Based on the amount of parent element remaining, it can give us an age in years.

• It uses the half-life of a element in radioactive decay.

Death of a species on a planetary scale is called _____. (1)

• mineralization

• extinction

• extant

• fossilization

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_____ says the rock layer above is younger than the rock layer below it if the layers have not been disturbed. (1)

• absolute age

• gradualism

• radiometric dating

• relative age

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_____ are the preserved evidence of past life on earth. (3)

• index fossils

• trace fossils

• fossils

• evolution

• extinction

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_____ is the study of genetic and evolutionary relationships among and between species. (1)

• Archeology

• Anthropology

• Phylogeny

• Genetics

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_____ is the science that studies fossils and the fossil record. (1)

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Archeology

• Phylogeny

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