Life Diversity

Two fossils are found in two different layers of rock. Which is most likely the older fossil?

• Upper fossil

• Lower fossil

• Neither

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which law states that younger rock is found above older rock?

• Law of Superposition

• Plate Tectonics

• Fossil Record

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is a beneficial trait that allows an organism to be more successful?

• Ability

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Scientists can study the DNA similarities between two different species. What type of evidence is this?

• Biochemical

• Bionic

• Geochemical

• Evolutionary

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

What scale is used to describe important periods in Earth's history?

• The Geologic Time Scale

• Fossil Record

• Earth's History

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How is natural selection best described?

• Survival of the fittest

• Adaptations

• Darwin's Theory

• Finches

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What system groups organisms based on similarities?

• Classification

• Taxonomy

• Kingdom

• Species

What term refers to the wide range of organisms that exist on Earth?

• Biodiversity

• Biology

• Animal Science

• Mammalogy

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What happens when a species dies out?

• Extinction

• Annihilation

• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Camouflage is an example of a(n)?

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Anatomical Trait

• Species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4