Test Bank

How many state of matter do we have?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which of the following requires knowing only distance, direction, and a reference point?

• speed

• velocity

• position

• acceleration

What happens to the strength of an electrical field as you get closer to it?

• it increases

• it decreases

• it remains the same

• it disappears

Scientists use several concepts to explain patterns of evolutionary change. Which evidence would be most useful for identifying a pattern of punctuated equilibrium in an evolutionary lineage?

• Similar bone structures among mammal species alive today

• An identical genetic code in use among all species alive today

• Fossil sequences that show gradual changes over long spans of geologic time

• Fossil sequences that show rapid changes over brief spans of geologic time

Which of the following explains adaptation.

• An individual organism changes to meet its needs in the environment. These changes pass down to their offspring.
• The species as a whole changes their characteristics.
• Beneficial traits allow organism to survive and pass on those traits
• New characteristics arise in a species as needed.  If these traits are helpful, they are passed down.

Which cylinder represents the warmest air?

• 1
• 3
• 4
• 5

Where does the air move in a CYCLONE?

• Upwards

• Downwards

Before the invention of the light bulb, Americans burned oil in lamps for light. Whale oil was popular bio-fuel for these

lamps. Ship crews would hunt whales for their oil. They searched for the largest whales they could find so that they could obtain as much whale oil as possible. How mighty decades of whale hunting possibly affect the natural selection of the species?

• The whales lost their legs.

• The whales became slower.

• The whales became smaller.

• The whales changed their calls.

Members of a population of fox got separated when a river formed in their habitat. Over time, they became two separate species. This is ______ isolation.

• Temporal

• Behavioral

• Geographic

• Sympatric

How do insulators and conductors differ?

• Conductors do not allow an electric current through them.

• Insulators do not allow electrons to pass through them easily.

• Insulators allow protons to pass through them.

• Conductors allow protons to pass through them.