WorksheetsEnvironmental Science Vocabulary Test
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A plant or animal species that is no longer living or existing
a)
adaptation
b)
succession
c)
fossil
d)
extinction
2.
Consists of all living and nonliving things in an area
a)
environment
b)
mold
c)
index fossil
d)
instinct
3.
Large events, caused bu climate change
a)
cast
b)
mass extinctions
c)
behavioral adaptation
d)
mold
4.
Is a characteristic that helps a living thing survive
a)
succession
b)
physical adaptation
c)
adaptation
d)
environment
5.
Help to identify a very short period of Earth's history
a)
instinct
b)
mass extinction
c)
fossil
d)
index fossil
6.
Is an adaptation to a body part
a)
Physical Adaptation
b)
Behavioral Adaptation
c)
Mold
d)
Fossil
7.
Can form if a mold is later filled with mud that hardens
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
instinct
d)
adaptation
8.
Is something an organism does to help it survive
a)
adaptation
b)
behavioral adaptation
c)
succession
d)
instinct
9.
Mold or cast fossils were made when a leaf was pressed into soft mud, leaving a hollow space
a)
succession
b)
instinct
c)
fossil
d)
mold
10.
Is an inherited behavior an animal knows how to do without having to learn it
a)
succession
b)
fossil
c)
instinct
d)
cast
11.
Preserved remains or traces of a living thing
a)
Mold
b)
Extinction
c)
fossil
d)
index fossil
12.
A gradual change of organisms in an ecosystem filled living things
a)
adaptation
b)
instinct
c)
environment
d)
succession
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