WorksheetsMONDAY warmup
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Take your time and read carefully!
A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?
a)
Whip Scorpion
b)
Wind Scorpion
c)
Tick
d)
Scorpion
2.
What is the name of bird Z?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
3.
The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called
a)
genes.
b)
variations.
c)
traits.
d)
theories.
4.
The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
a)
Dark moth
b)
Light moth
c)
Both will be equally successful
d)
Neither will be successful
5.
Why do beaks of the same bird species look different?
a)
The birds chose to mutate to survive
b)
Humans bred them to make the changes
c)
The birds adapted over time through natural selection
d)
Through non-random variation
6.
A layer of gases that surround a planet
a)
atmosphere
b)
Corona Borealis
c)
protective gas zone
d)
none of these
7.
The Ozone Layer protects Earth from what?
a)
meteors
b)
asteroids
c)
viruses and bacteria from Space
d)
radiation from the Sun
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