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WorksheetsChapter 7 Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
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1.
Which of the following is a valid conclusion about the fossils?
a)
Fossil 2 is the same sage as fossil 3
b)
Fossil 1 is younger than fossil 2
c)
Fossil 4 is younger than fossil 2
d)
Fossil 3 and 4 are closely related
2.
Which of the following would be an adaptation for survival in a desert?
a)
An animal being active during the middle of the day
b)
A bird having dark feathers that absorb sunlight as heat
c)
A plant having a thick stem to store water
d)
A plan having large leaves to gather sunlight
3.
What is most likely to happen if an environment changes and a species does not have variations that are helpful in the new conditions?
a)
Members of the species will try to change the environment
b)
Members of the species will develop new adaptations
c)
A new species will form from the existing species
d)
The species will become extinct
4.
A scientist wants to find the absolute age of a rock. Which of these is the scientist most likely to use?
a)
Radioactive dating
b)
The law of superposition
c)
The geologic time scale
d)
Ice cores
5.
At which level of classification are organisms able to breed with one another, producing fertile offspring?
a)
Kingdom
b)
Phylum
c)
Genus
d)
Species
6.
Woodpeckers use their long beaks to dig for and eat insects living inside tree trunks. A new species of woodpecker with a very long beak evolves. Which statement best explains how the environment influenced this development?
a)
A harmful mutation occurred in the gene for beak length
b)
Insects that live deep in tree trunks spread to trees in the woodpeckers' territory
c)
The insect population increased, and birds that ate more insects grew longer beaks
d)
The long beak is an adaptation to help woodpeckers fight off predators
7.
Which of the following lists the divisions of the geological time scale from longest to shortest?
a)
Epoch, eon, era, period
b)
Period, epoch, eon, era
c)
Eon, era, period, epoch
d)
Era, eon, period, epoch
8.
Which of these catastrophes do scientists think led to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs?
a)
Volcanic eruption?
b)
Asteroid impact
c)
Ice age
d)
Earthquake
9.
Which is the process that moves sediment from one location to another?
a)
Erosion
b)
Volcanic eruption
c)
Deposition
d)
Weathering
10.
Which of the following is a true statement about bacteria?
a)
They are many-celled
b)
Their cells have no nucleus
c)
Their cells lack cell walls
d)
All are autotrophs
11.
Which of the following best describes an adaptation?
a)
A trait that helps an organism survives
b)
Any change in a gene or chromosome
c)
Any trait of an organism
d)
A trait that is passed from parent to offspring
12.
Which of the following provides evidence that Earth is about 4.6 billion years old?
a)
Carbon-14 in rocks on Earth
b)
Uranium in meteorites and moon rocks
c)
Relative dating of fossils
d)
Seafloor spreading
13.
The statement that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, older layers of rock lie under younger rock layers is the ___________
a)
Theory of plate tectonics
b)
Geologic time scale
c)
Law of superposition
d)
Process of natural selection
14.
How is an index fossil used?
a)
Radioactive dating of surrounding fossils
b)
To tell if an organism went extinct
c)
Relative age of surrounding fossils
d)
To tell if Earth's atmosphere changed
15.
What is the benefit of genetic variation in a population of organisms?
a)
Variety is the spice of life
b)
If all organisms were the same, there would be safety in numbers
c)
If all organisms were the same it would be boring
d)
If all organisms were the same, they might all die the same way
16.
How are igneous rocks formed?
a)
Weathering of sedimentary rocks
b)
Deposition of sedimentary rocks
c)
Extreme heat and pressure from volcanoes
d)
Chemical alterations of metamorphic rocks
17.
Who is your science teacher?
a)
Ms. Knapp
b)
Ms. Kight
c)
Ms. Cybulski
d)
Ms. Morton
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