MAAP Science Review

Acceleration depends on mass and the _______ acting on it.

• mass

• volume

• force

• speed

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What is the SI unit for acceleration?

• m/s^2

• m/s^3

• m/s

• mi/hr

The tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion is...

• inertia

• force

• acceleration

• velocity

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.

• variations.

• traits.

• theories.

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Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Behavior

• Environment

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artifical Selection

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

• To look different from other species.

• To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

• To protect itself against predators.

• To protect itself against prey.

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artificial Selection

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Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA

• tRNA

• genotype

• phenotype

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