MAAP Review 2023

Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains were pushed up when the North American and African continents collided in a process known as

• deposition

• faulting

• folding

• volcanism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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During asexual reproduction in a yeast cell, two daughter buds are formed. What is true about the daughter buds formed in the process?

• Both daughters will have the same genetic information as the parent cell.

• Both daughters will have a part of the genetic information of the parent.

• Both daughters will have different information, which is very different from the parent.

• Both daughters will have the same genetic information, which is different from the parent.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of these best explains the process of gene flow?

• The movement of genes within a population.

• The strongest organisms survive and reproduce.

• The transfer of genes from one population to another.

• Individuals within a species have genetic variation.

Think about the three major types of soil: sand, silt, and clay. The diagram shows a comparison of these three particles, as well as a piece of gravel to show size differences. Which of these soil descriptions is correct?

• Clay feels gritty, has lots of air space because of its particle size, and does not hold water well.

• Silt feels smooth, has a moderate amount of air space, hold water well, and becomes slippery when wet.

• Sand feels sticky because of its particle size, does not have much air space, and not hold water well.

• Silt feels dry because it is unable to hold any water, and it has more air space than any other soil type.

In the controversial scientific process of cloning, organisms are created that are genetically identical to the parent. This process would be classified as

• meiosis

• fertilization

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

In a population of weasels, black (B) and white (W) are co-dominant traits. The heterozygous genotype produces black and white spotted weasels. Consider the genetic cross shown in Punnett square. If there are 40 baby weasels born as a result of the cross, how many should be black?

• 0

• 5

• 10

• 20

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Think about the differences in various soil types. What type of soil or Earth material does the following list of characteristics BEST describe?

* Feels smooth

* Has moderate amount of air space

* Holds water well

* Becomes slippery when wet

• clay

• gravel

• sand

• silt

The ability of an organism to live so it can survive to reproduce is called

• evolution.

• fitness.

• mutation.

• variation.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A student makes observations about a wave in their science notebook. Another student notices the sticky note and makes an inference. Which inference is the second student likely to make about the wave described in the note?

• The first student was describing a sound wave.

• The first student was describing a light wave.

• The first student was describing a gamma wave.

• The first student was describing a radio wave.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What can you conclude from these embryo drawings of different vertebrates?

• common ancestry and developmental path

• completely independent evolutionary path

• convergence evolutionary path to a common successor

• divergence from a common ancestry and developmental path

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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