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Science Olympiad Test Terrm 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of geologic time called?

a)

geography

b)

geochronology

c)

geology

d)

geophysics

2.

What is the process by which species change over time called?

a)

variation

b)

mutation

c)

adaptation

d)

evolution

3.

Who proposed the theory of natural selection?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Galileo Galilei

4.

What are the three laws of motion proposed by Isaac Newton?

a)

Law of Inertia, Law of Acceleration, Law of Action-Reaction

b)

Law of Energy, Law of Momentum, Law of Force

c)

Law of Rest, Law of Deceleration, Law of Inaction

d)

Law of Gravity, Law of Friction, Law of Magnetism

5.

Which law of motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force?

a)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

b)

Law of Conservation of Energy

c)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

d)

Newton's First Law of Motion

6.

Which law of motion states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force applied to it and inversely proportional to its mass?

a)

Newton's first law of motion

b)

Newton's second law of motion

c)

Newton's third law of motion

d)

Einstein's theory of relativity

7.

Which law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?

a)

Fourth law of motion

b)

First law of motion

c)

Second law of motion

d)

Third law of motion

8.

What is the force that attracts objects towards each other called?

a)

friction

b)

gravity

c)

magnetism

d)

repulsion

9.
In what type of rock would you typically find fossils?
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
rocky
10.
This is an example of a
a)
cast fossil
b)
mold fossil
c)
trace fossil
d)
carbon film
11.

Selective breeding is another term for

a)

Natural selection

b)

Artificial selection

c)

Random selection

d)

Special selection

12.

Natural selection only works on traits that are inherited through

a)

Protein

b)

Behavior

c)

Genes

d)

Training

13.

The process of change over time is called

a)

evolution

b)

variation

c)

overproduction

d)

theory

14.
Predict which moth would increase in population
a)
light 
b)
dark
15.

A giraffe has a long neck in order to better reach leaves to eat. This is an example of _____.

a)

an adaptation

b)

environment

c)

response

d)

stimulus

16.
What is this an example of?
a)
vestigial structures
b)
embryology
c)
homologous structures
d)
fossil record
17.
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
a)
increase in number
b)
become extinct
18.
The study of the early stages of development that is one evidence of evolution is:
a)
Homologous Structures
b)
Embryology
c)
Vestigial Organs
19.
According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 
a)
Species I
b)
Species II
c)
Species III
d)
Species IV
20.

Which of the following are homologous structures?

a)

whale flipper and bat wing

b)

legs on a beetle and legs on a cat

21.
Which type of force(s) will cause a change in an object's motion?
a)
gravity
b)
zero net force
c)
balanced forces
d)
unbalanced forces
22.
What is the name for a push or pull?
a)
A movement
b)
A force
c)
Speed
d)
Density
23.
friction is a force that acts 
a)
in the same direction as the motion
b)
opposite to the direction of the motion
c)
opposite to the applied forces
d)
the same direction as the applied force
24.
Parents and children share traits. Which of these is NOT an inherited trait?
a)
eye color
b)
liking spicy foods
c)
left-handedness
d)
ear shape
25.
What is the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors?
a)
Inherited trait are something you get from your sister and learned behaviors come from experience.
b)
Inherited traits are something you get from your parents and learned traits are things like eye color.
c)
Inherited traits are something you get from your parents such as hair type and learned behaviors are something you learn to do with practice or past event.

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