Practice SOL (2008)

A student constructs several terrariums like the one shown. Each terrarium is exposed to a different amount of sunlight each day. In order to determine the ideal amount of sunlight, which of the following variables must beheld constant?

• Type of plants
• Growth rate of plants
• Wavelengths of sunlight
• Amount of sunlight received

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Which of the following is evidence to support the idea that two different species might have a common ancestor?

• Their fossils were discovered in the same location.
• Many of their genes are the same.
• Their methods of respiration are alike.
• They use the same means of locomotion.

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The information in the table supports which conclusion?

• Frogs are more closely related to monkeys than to sea anemones.
• Frogs, monkeys, and sea anemones are classified into different kingdoms.
• Sea anemones are more complex than frogs or monkeys.
• Sea anemones and monkeys are adapted to similar environments.

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Bacteria adapt more quickly than elephants to environmental changes. Which best explains this difference?

• Bacteria reproduce more rapidly.
• Individual bacteria grow more steadily.
• Bacterial populations are more isolated.
• Individual bacteria have more genes.

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A student looking through a light microscope saw this cell in cytokinesis. This cell is most likely from —

• a plant
• a virus
• an animal
• a bacterium

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A geneticist studying fruit flies hypothesizes that short wings are a recessive trait coded for by a single gene. Which observation is most likely to have led her to form this hypothesis?

• Flies have wing lengths ranging from very long to very short.
• Flies with long wings are less likely to survive.
• Flies with long wings can produce offspring with short wings.
• Flies with short wings prefer to mate with flies with long wings.

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What do phototropism and geotropism enable plants to do?

• Grow toward needed resources
• Prevent invasion by insect colonies
• Defend themselves against herbivores
• Develop pesticide resistance by exchanging DNA

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As part of an experiment to measure decomposition rates of different materials, students put food scraps from the cafeteria in compost bin A and leaves and grass clippings in compost bin B for six weeks. Students in first period measured the temperature in bin A, and students in sixth period measured the temperature in bin B. What is the greatest error in the students’ experimental design?

• There are too many uncontrolled variables in the experiment.
• Temperature is the only dependent variable in the experiment.
• The materials chosen decompose too rapidly.
• The students put equal masses of materials in each bin.

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Scientists are using genetic engineering to develop a wheat crop that is resistant to a particular kind of moth. How would they determine if the plants are moth-resistant?

• Determine the length of the moth reproductive cycle in normal wheat.
• Determine whether moths in test wheat can be controlled with chemical sprays.
• Monitor numbers of moth species infesting normal wheat.
• Monitor moth populations in fields planted with test and normal wheat.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The diagram shows a setup for a plant investigation. Which variable is most likely being tested?

• Hours of light exposure
• Plant species
• Soil volume
• Soil pH

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